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CONTINENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does continency mean?
• CONTINENCY (noun)
The noun CONTINENCY has 1 sense:
1. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
Familiarity information: CONTINENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
continence; continency
Hypernyms ("continency" is a kind of...):
self-denial; self-discipline (the trait of practicing self discipline)
Derivation:
continent (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
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