Antonyms for celibacy
ˈsɛl ə bə siceliba·cy

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1. celibacy

   Antonyms:
   conjugal union, espousal, espousals, marriage, matrimony, nuptials, spousal, spousals, union, wedding, wedlock

   Synonyms:
   bachelorhood, divorce, maidenhood, virginity, widowhood

Matched Categories

1. • Abstinence
   • Religion
   • Status

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. celibacynoun

   an unmarried status

   Synonyms:
   sexual abstention, chastity

2. chastity, celibacy, sexual abstentionnoun

   abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

   Synonyms:
   chastity, sexual abstention, sexual morality, virtue

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. celibacy

   Synonyms:
   Aphallatia

How to use celibacy in a sentence?

1. Guy Goden:

   Celibacy is not hereditary.

2. Digambar Kedar Giri:

   One has to live a life of celibacy for six years. After that the person is given the title of a great man and 12 years after that he is made a Naga.

3. Penpa Tsering:

   His holiness has always lived in sanctity, (following the life of) a Buddhist monk, including celibacy. His years of spiritual practice have gone beyond sensorial pleasures, his holiness is now being labeled all kinds of names.

4. William Cobbett:

   To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous.

5. Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston:

   The Church needs a strong and comprehensive policy to address bishops' violations of the vows of celibacy in cases of the criminal abuse of minors and in cases involving adults.

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