Continency

//ˈkɒntɪnənsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of continence. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "[22] But the fruit of the Spirit is: charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, [23] mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity."

  2. 2
    the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters wordnet

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abstinencecelibacycontinencecontinencemaidenheadplatonic love

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"[22] But the fruit of the Spirit is: charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, [23] mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity."

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