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Noun: celibacy  se-lu-bu-see
  1. The practice of voluntarily refraining from sexual activity
    "The monk practised celibacy as part of his spiritual discipline";
    - chastity, sexual abstention
     
  2. An unmarried status
    "The priest took a vow of celibacy upon entering the order"

Derived forms: celibacies

Type of: abstinence, condition, status

Encyclopedia: Celibacy