Asceticism: Self-Denial, Spiritual Discipline, and Sexuality
Asceticism is the deliberate limitation of pleasure, comfort, possessions, or sexual activity for spiritual, moral, philosophical, or personal discipline.
Asceticism is the deliberate limitation of pleasure, comfort, possessions, or sexual activity for spiritual, moral, philosophical, or personal discipline.
Chaste devotion is deep romantic, emotional, or spiritual commitment expressed within chosen limits on sexual behavior.
Chaste behavior is conduct that follows chosen personal, cultural, or religious standards of sexual restraint, modesty, abstinence, or fidelity.
Chaste love is romantic or affectionate attachment expressed through chosen sexual restraint, abstinence, fidelity, or nonsexual intimacy.
A chaste life is a way of living according to personal, cultural, or religious standards of sexual restraint, abstinence, or fidelity.
Chaste describes a person, relationship, or way of life that follows a chosen standard of sexual restraint, abstinence, or fidelity.
Abstinence is the deliberate choice to avoid some or all sexual activity, temporarily or indefinitely, for personal, religious, emotional, or health reasons.
Pure virgin is a traditional phrase for a person believed to have no sexual experience and to remain morally or sexually pure.
Maiden of chastity is a literary or religious phrase for a young unmarried woman associated with abstinence, virginity, modesty, or sexual restraint.
Modest virgin is a descriptive phrase for someone considered sexually inexperienced and reserved in clothing, behavior, speech, or self-presentation.