unchastity

Etymology

From Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- + chastity.

noun

  1. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
    Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God. 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 31

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