chasteness n 1: lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" [syn: {chasteness}, {restraint}, {simplicity}, {simpleness}]
Chasteness \Chaste"ness\, n. 1. Chastity; purity. [1913 Webster] 2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design. [1913 Webster]