Continence

Noun

 * 1) Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
 * 2) The voluntary control of urination and defecation.

Adjectives for Continence
absolute; vowed; eternal; inordinate; lofty; ascetic; monastic; impenetrable; inviolable.

Antonyms for Continence
incontinence

Related terms
continent

Thesaurus
abnegation, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, asceticism, avoidance, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, banyan day, boundary, bounds, calm, calmness, celibacy, chasteness, chastity, confinement, conservatism, constraint, continency, control, cool, discipline, dispassion, eschewal, evenness, fast, fish day, fruitarianism, gentleness, golden mean, gymnosophy, happy medium, impartiality, intactness, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, limit, limitation, maidenhead, maidenhood, meden agan, middle way, mildness, misogamy, misogyny, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, monachism, monasticism, nephalism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, plain living, prescription, proscription, prudence, purity, qualification, refraining, refrainment, repose, restrain, restraint, restriction, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, serenity, sexual abstinence, simple diet, single blessedness, single state, singleness, sobriety, spare diet, spinsterhood, stability, steadiness, teetotalism, temperance, temperateness, the pledge, total abstinence, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unwed state, vegetarianism, via media, virgin state, virginity

Etymology
Dated from the 14th Century ; from , from  continentia:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: задържане
 * Finnish: pidättäminen (act), pidätyskyky (ability)


 * Italian: continenza


 * Bulgarian: въздържаност,
 * Finnish: pidättyvyys


 * Italian: moderazione, astinenza, continenza
 * Swedish: avhållsamhet