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pocestný — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chaste adj Not engaging in sexual activity, especially outside marriage or before it.
  • righteous adj Morally right or virtuous; acting justly.

Senses

pocestný is used for these senses in English:

  • chaste Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
  • righteous Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
  • wayfarer A traveller, especially one on foot.

chaste — full definition

  1. adj Not engaging in sexual activity, especially outside marriage or before it.
  2. adj Plain and restrained in style, without excess or ornamentation.

righteous — full definition

  1. adj Morally right or virtuous; acting justly.
  2. adj Often used disapprovingly to describe someone who is self-righteously convinced of their own moral superiority.

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