voluntary sexual abstinence chastity http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85022733 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity BV4647.C5 BJ1533.C4 Note that "chastity" may also refer to a form of erotic sexual denial practiced in BDSM communities, wherein a person (usually the submissive) is denied sexual stimulation, sometimes by means of an external device (such as a chastity belt or cock cage). The state of refraining from premarital and extramarital sex, for primarily religious and/or cultural reasons. abstaining from sex before marriage abstaining from sex until marriage abstinence before marriage abstinence only until marriage abstinence until marriage abstinence-only-until-marriage celibacy before marriage chaste delaying sex until marriage extramarital chastity premarital chastity sexual abstinence before marriage sexual abstinence until marriage heavenly virtue Franklinian virtue temporary sexual abstinence The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices The Complete Dictionary of Sexology The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies BDSM And Kink Terminology: A To Z Dr. Harmony's Glossary of Kinky Terms