2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continence \Con"ti*nence\, Continency \Con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [F.
continence, L. continentia See {Continent}, and cf
{Countenance}.]
1. Self-restraint; self-command.
He knew what to say he knew also when to leave
off -- a continence which is practiced by few
writers. --Dryden.
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.
If they [the unmarried and widows] have not
continency, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii.
9 (Rev. Ver.
).
Chastity is either abstinence or continence:
abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence,
that of married persons. --Jer. Taylor.
3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
continence
n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn: {continency}]
2: voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
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