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chastity
That virtue which prevents the unlawful commerce of the sexes.
2. A woman may defend her chastity by killing her assailant. See Self-defence. And even the solicitation of her chastity is indictable in some of the states; though in England, and perhaps elsewhere, such act is not indictable.Words charging a woman with a violation of chastity are actionable in themselves.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English