貞てい烈れつ

na-adjective, noun

extreme faithfulness; steadfast chastity

Archaic literary term describing unwavering loyalty or chastity, especially of a wife. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、貞てい烈れつな女じょ性せいが理り想そうとされることがある。

  In classical literature, a woman of extreme faithfulness is sometimes held up as an ideal.