Continence

/ˈkɒntɪnəns/

Synonyms for "continence" (122 found)

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Closest matches (25)

abnegation abstainment abstemiousness abstention abstinence asceticism avoidance bachelordom bachelorhood bachelorism bachelorshipbanyan dayboundary bounds calm calmness celibacy chasteness chastity confinement

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conservatism

Noun(4 words)

bowel controlcelibacy chasity chastity

Strong matches (36)

constraint continency control cool discipline dispassion encratism eschewal evenness fastfish dayfriday fruitarianism gentlenessgolden meangymnosophyhappy mediumimpartiality intactness judiciousness

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juste milieujuste-milieu lenitylenten farelimit limitation maidenhead maidenhoodmeden aganmiddle waymildness misogamy misogyny moderateness

Noun(2 words)

continency continuity

Related words (61)

moderation moderationism monachism monasticism nephalism neutrality nonviolencenothing in excesspacifismplain livingplatonic loveprescription proscription prudence purity pythagoreanism pythagorism qualification rechabitism refraining

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refrainment repose restrain restraint restriction self-abnegation self-control self-denial self-restraint serenitysexual abstinenceshakerismsimple dietsingle blessednesssingle statesingleness sobrietyspare dietspartan farespinsterhood stability steadiness stoicism teetotalism temperance temperatenessthe pledgetotal abstinencetranquillity unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremenessunwed statevegetarianismvia mediavirgin statevirginity

Noun(4 words)

self-control self-discipline temperanceurinary control

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More general

6 entries

controlmoral virtuephysiological functionrestraint self-denial self-discipline

More specific

4 entries

celibacy chastityfecal continenceurinary continence

Collocations

6 entries

continence cliniccontinence trainingfecal continenceloss of continencerestoration of continenceurinary continence

Inflections

1 entries

continences

Derivations

1 entries

continency

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

God, please give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Source: tatoeba (391854)

To maintain continence, the puborectalis muscle chokes the anal canal. The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation. Mine has not been doing that.

Source: wiktionary

For quotations using this term, see Citations:continence.

Source: wiktionary

He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practised by few writers.

Source: wiktionary

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