CONTINENCE
\kˈɒntɪnəns], \kˈɒntɪnəns], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɪ_n_ə_n_s]\
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Self-control, especially in regard to passions and desires. Also, continency.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Continentia,from continere, (con and tenere, to hold or keep,) to contain oneself; to restrain. Restraint. Abstinence from, or moderation in, the pleasures of physical love.
By Robley Dunglison
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Self-restraint, especially abstinence from sexual indulgence. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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