Refers to moral or sexual purity, often in a formal or literary context. Can describe a person's virtue or an abstract ideal.
She was raised in a family that values chastity.
The novel depicts the anguish of a chaste woman.
Standard kanji spelling for the concept of chastity or purity.
Composed of 貞 (てい, 'chastity, virtue') and 潔 (けつ, 'purity, cleanliness'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of moral or sexual purity.