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celibate

/ˈsɛləbət/
noun

  1. One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

  2. A celibate state; celibacy.

Synonymscel, volcel
verb

  1. To practice celibacy

adjective

  1. Not married.

  2. (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

    "Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate."

Synonymsabstinent, chaste, pure, single, unmarried

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