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Noun: continence  kón-ti-nun(t)s
  1. The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
    - continency
     
  2. Voluntary control over urinary and faecal discharge

Sounds like: continents

Derived forms: continences

See also: continent

Type of: control, restraint, self-denial, self-discipline

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