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chasteness

noun

  1. purity of style
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English chastnesse; equivalent to chaste + -ness.

  1. The state of being chaste; chastity

    The chasteness of her dress made her appear the allusive semblance of Purity itself

    Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral chasteness and matronly respectability