meaning of continency
1. Self-restraint; self-command.
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.
3. Uninterrupted course; continuity.
4. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
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