chaste

/ˈchāst/

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French chaste, caste (also continental Old French), going back to Latin castus "free from, untouched (by the thing specified), free from vice, holy, pure, not sexually promiscuous," of uncertain origin

adjective

  1. innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse

  2. celibate

  3. pure in thought and act : modest

chaste pure modest decent mean free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious. chaste primarily implies a refraining from acts or even thoughts or desires that are not virginal or not sanctioned by marriage vows. pure differs from chaste in implying innocence and absence of temptation rather than control of one's impulses and actions.