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Definition of celibacy:

The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

Synonyms:

sexual abstention, frigid, chasteness, asexual, celibate, virtue, sexless, chastity, continence, chaste, chastity belt, sexual morality.

asceticism (part of speech: noun)
- austerity,
- abstinence,
- stoicism,
- parsimony,
- starkness,
- repentance,
- asceticism,
- severity,
- miserliness,
- abstemiousness,
- teetotalism
celibacy (part of speech: noun)
- chastity,
- aloneness,
- monkhood,
- maidenhood,
- asceticism,
- abstinence,
- purity,
- maidenhead,
- refrainment,
- solitude,
- spinsterhood,
- virginity,
- bachelorhood,
- loneness,
- intactness,
- abstemiousness,
- priestliness

Usage examples:

2. The Vow of Celibacy.

- "A Short History of Monks and Monasteries", Alfred Wesley Wishart.
Why should not Adela be able to speak when thus informed of her neighbour's intended celibacy?

- "The Bertrams", Anthony Trollope.
Pardon me, you are under some promise of celibacy to your father, I believe.

- "A Heart-Song of To-day", Annie Gregg Savigny.