- 1not married and not having sex, especially for religious reasons celibate priests
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- 2not having sex I've been celibate for the past six months.
NAmE//ˈsɛləbəsi//
noun [uncountable] a vow of celibacySee celibate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: celibate