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Noun: continency  kón-ti-nun(t)-see or kónt-nun(t)-see
Usage: archaic
  1. The exercise of self-constraint in sexual matters
    "The priest's vow of continency was central to his religious commitment";
    - continence

Derived forms: continencies

Type of: self-denial, self-discipline

Encyclopedia: Continency