chasteness n lack of ornamentation v censure severely v restrain v correct by punishment or discipline Usage(s) Boy Fenwick's known chasteness bore them out and Iris went about her life in a manner that seemed to bear them out. Polo even referred to the exalted chasteness of Beijing women, in an unsubtle attempt to curb his own teenage daughters. Synonym(s) restraint simplicity simpleness chastise castigate objurgate chasten correct moderate temper tame subdue