continence
n . 自制
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continence n 1 :
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [
synonym :
{
continence }, {
continency }]
2 :
voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge Continence \
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n . [
F .
continence ,
L .
continentia .
See {
Continent },
and cf .
{
Countenance }.]
1 .
Self -
restraint ;
self -
command .
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1913 Webster ]
He knew what to say ;
he knew also ,
when to leave off , --
a continence which is practiced by few writers . --
Dryden .
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2 .
The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions ;
the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite ,
esp .
from unlawful indulgence ;
sometimes ,
moderation in sexual indulgence .
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If they [
the unmarried and widows ]
have not continency ,
let them marry . --
1 Cor .
vii .
9 (
Rev .
Ver .
).
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Chastity is either abstinence or continence :
abstinence is that of virgins or widows ;
continence ,
that of married persons . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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3 .
Uninterrupted course ;
continuity . [
Obs .] --
Ayliffe .
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111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
continence ":
Encratism ,
Friday ,
Lenten fare ,
Platonic love ,
Pythagoreanism ,
Pythagorism ,
Rechabitism ,
Shakerism ,
Spartan fare ,
Stoicism ,
abnegation ,
abstainment ,
abstemiousness ,
abstention ,
abstinence ,
asceticism ,
avoidance ,
bachelordom ,
bachelorhood ,
bachelorism ,
bachelorship ,
banyan day ,
boundary ,
bounds ,
calm ,
calmness ,
celibacy ,
chasteness ,
chastity ,
confinement ,
conservatism ,
constraint ,
continency ,
control ,
cool ,
discipline ,
dispassion ,
eschewal ,
evenness ,
fast ,
fish day ,
fruitarianism ,
gentleness ,
golden mean ,
gymnosophy ,
happy medium ,
impartiality ,
intactness ,
judiciousness ,
juste -
milieu ,
lenity ,
limit ,
limitation ,
maidenhead ,
maidenhood ,
meden agan ,
middle way ,
mildness ,
misogamy ,
misogyny ,
moderateness ,
moderation ,
moderationism ,
monachism ,
monasticism ,
nephalism ,
neutrality ,
nonviolence ,
nothing in excess ,
pacifism ,
plain living ,
prescription ,
proscription ,
prudence ,
purity ,
qualification ,
refraining ,
refrainment ,
repose ,
restrain ,
restraint ,
restriction ,
self -
abnegation ,
self -
control ,
self -
denial ,
self -
restraint ,
serenity ,
sexual abstinence ,
simple diet ,
single blessedness ,
single state ,
singleness ,
sobriety ,
spare diet ,
spinsterhood ,
stability ,
steadiness ,
teetotalism ,
temperance ,
temperateness ,
the pledge ,
total abstinence ,
tranquillity ,
unexcessiveness ,
unextravagance ,
unextremeness ,
unwed state ,
vegetarianism ,
via media ,
virgin state ,
virginity
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