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Definition of Continence

1. Noun. The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.

2. Noun. Voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge.

Definition of Continence

1. n. Self-restraint; self-command.

Definition of Continence

1. Noun. The voluntary control of urination and defecation. ¹

2. Noun. Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Continence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Continence

1. 1. Moderation, temperance, or self-restraint in respect to the appetites, especially to sexual intercourse. 2. The ability to retain urine and/or faeces until a proper time for their discharge. Origin: L. Continentia, fr. Con-tineo, to hold back (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Continence

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Literary usage of Continence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Huhner (1916)
"continence. General considerations. Importance to general practitioner and every ... Masturbation and continence. Sexual perversion due to continence. ..."

2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"But if continence be a good thing, the characters that are opposed to it must be bad, as in fact they evidently are; only, since the other extreme is found ..."

3. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"R. The name of continence is taken in two several ways by different authors. ... In this sense virginity is perfect continence, and widowhood secondary ..."

4. The Functions and disorders of the reproductive organs by William Acton (1888)
"continence In the following pages the word "continence" will be used in the ... The abstinence must be voluntary, for continence must not be confounded with ..."

5. Woman and the New Race by Margaret Sanger (1920)
"CHAPTER IX continence IS IT PRACTICABLE OE DESIRABLE? THOUSANDS of well-intentioned people who agree that there are times and conditions under which it is ..."

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