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The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

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  1. n. The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
  2. n. an unmarried status
  3. n. abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
  4. The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.
  5. The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of abachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of theclergy." Hallom.
  6. n:100 n. an unmarried status