Religion

Modesty

Dressing, speaking, and acting in ways that support purity and discourage sinful sexual behavior

Celibacy

Choosing to remain unmarried to devote oneself to God and His people

Unitive and procreative

The two basic meanings of sex according to current Catholic teaching

Abstinence

Refraining from sexual intercourse and inappropriate intimacy until marriage

Chastity

The virtue that helps integrate sexuality into life and respect the whole person

CDC

Government organization collecting health data and statistics in the US

Genesis

Old Testament book indicating marriage originates from God, not humans

Paul

Biblical character teaching to honor God with our bodies

Song of Songs

Old Testament book celebrating sexual love poetically

Fornication

sex between unmarried ppl

Concupiscence

the inclination to sin

natural law

a reasonable approach to morality that asks about the purpose of realities

masturbation

deliberate stimulation of the sexual organs apart from sexual intercourse

pornography

offensive sexually explicit material

prostitution

selling sexual intercourse

polygamy

 the practice of having more than one wife at the same time

incest

sex with someone that you are closely related to

free union

general term for trial marriages, cohabitation & living together before possible marriage