continence

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Definition

Dated from the 14th century as Middle English contynence, from Old French continence, from Latin continentia (“a repression”). See also countenance.

--a brave and generous example of conjugal continence. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
And in this way also Thou commandest us continence. — The Confessions of St. Augustine, of Hippo, Saint Augustine
Veracity, honesty, continence, and respect for human life, distinguish a moral people. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson

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