celibate

I decided to spend some time celibate, to abstain not only from sex but also all the attendant activities, including dating and even flirting.

Vance, 39, married a decade ago and isn't an incel, which is internet slang for a subclass of misogynists who identify as "involuntarily celibate."

When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the priesthood as long as they remained celibate, Pope Francis said they should not.

Some had started to feel that he was laying the groundwork to ultimately permit gay men to train for the priesthood, as long as they remained celibate like other priests.

His attacks inspired people online who identified as being " involuntarily celibate" - or incels.