Continence(n.) Alt. of Continency
Continency(n.) Self-restraint; self-command.
Continency(n.) 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.
Continency(n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity.
Continent(a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
Continent(a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Continent(a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
Continent(a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
Continent(a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.
Continent(a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Continently(adv.) In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.
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