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continency
(encz) | continency,střídmost n: Zdeněk Brož |
continency
(encz) | continency,zdrženlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Continency
(gcide) | Continence \Con"ti*nence\, Continency \Con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [F.
continence, L. continentia. See Continent, and cf.
Countenance.]
1. Self-restraint; self-command.
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He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave
off, -- a continence which is practiced by few
writers. --Dryden.
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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.
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If they [the unmarried and widows] have not
continency, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii.
9 (Rev. Ver.
).
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Chastity is either abstinence or continence:
abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence,
that of married persons. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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continency
(wn) | continency
n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn:
continence, continency] |
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continency
(encz) | continency,střídmost n: Zdeněk Brožcontinency,zdrženlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
incontinency
(encz) | incontinency, n: |
Incontinency
(gcide) | Incontinence \In*con"ti*nence\, Incontinency \In*con"ti*nen*cy\,
n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.]
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1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or
restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; lack
of continence; failure to restrain the passions or
appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.
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That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1
Cor. vii. 5.
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From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton.
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2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to
restrain the natural evacuations, especially urination, or
defecation, so that the discharges are involuntary; as,
incontinence of urine.
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continency
(wn) | continency
n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn:
continence, continency] |
incontinency
(wn) | incontinency
n 1: involuntary urination or defecation [syn: incontinence,
incontinency] |
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