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 Definitions of Continence  [ˈkɒn tn əns]  

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Definition of 'Continence' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) continence
self-restraint or abstinence in regard to sexual activity.

2.  continence
the ability to voluntarily control urinary and fecal discharge.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L)

Definition of 'Continence' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) continence, continency
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters

2. (noun) continence
voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
Definition of 'Continence' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Continence
alt. of Continency
Translation of 'Continence' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onthouding, selfbeheersin Arabic flag Arabic: تَلامُس، إحْتِمال حُدوث Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сдържаност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: continência Czech flag Czech: zdrženlivost German flag German: die Enthaltsamkeit
Danish flag Danish: kontinens Greek flag Greek: εγκράτεια Spanish flag Spanish: continencia
Estonian flag Estonian: pidamine, talitsetus Farsi flag Farsi: توانایی نگهداشتن ادرار و Finnish flag Finnish: kontinenssi
French flag French: continence Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְלִיטָה בַּסוֹגָרִים Hindi flag Hindi: संयम, इन्द्रिय-निग्रह
Croatian flag Croatian: suzdržljivost, umjerenost Hungarian flag Hungarian: megtartóztatás v. visszat Indonesian flag Indonesian: kontinensi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sjálfsstjórn Italian flag Italian: continenza Japanese flag Japanese: 自制
Korean flag Korean: 자제 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: susilaikymas Latvian flag Latvian: savaldība; spēja saturēt
Malay flag Malay: pengawalan Dutch flag Dutch: continentie Norwegian flag Norwegian: kontinens
Polish flag Polish: powściągliwość, wstrzemię Persian flag Persian: توانایی نگهداشتن ادرار و Pashto flag Pashto: ځان ژغورنه، ډډه كړنه، (په
Portuguese flag Portuguese: continência Romanian flag Romanian: reţinere, stăpânire Russian flag Russian: воздержание
Slovak flag Slovak: zdržanlivosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: vzdržnost Serbian flag Serbian: apstinencija
Swedish flag Swedish: kontinens,återhållsamhet Thai flag Thai: การกลั้น (ปัสสาวะหรืออุจจ Turkish flag Turkish: kendini tutma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有克制力 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: здатність регулювати экск Urdu flag Urdu: پرهيزگارى
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự nhịn đại, tiểu tiện Chinese flag Chinese: 克制，自制

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