Continence
['kɒntɪnəns] or ['kɑntɪnəns]
Definition
(noun.) the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.
(noun.) voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge.
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Continency
Editor: Shelton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Chastity, restraint of sexual appetite.
Editor: Melinda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abstinence, selfcontrol, refrain \n.\, Chastity, sobriety, temperance
ANT:Licentiousness, self-indulgence, incontinence, dissoluteness, intemperance
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Examples
- Continence is the foe of heresy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- How oft have I preached to you caution, if not continence? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure that you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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