unchaste

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No one who desires to become holier and better imagines that he does so by becoming more malevolent, or more untruthful, or more unchaste.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

They suppose that the prophet had married a woman who was formerly unchaste.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

He neither used unchaste words himself, nor permitted any one to do so in his house.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

It is evidently an incorrect use of language to describe the unmarried women of a tribe as unchaste, unless there is a rule for them.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

But if coarse in speech he was pure in life, and neither the rancor of political hate nor the research of unsparing biographers ever charged him with an unchaste act.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring