continence
Bodily self-control
Continence is self-restraint, particularly regarding bodily urges.
The word most often appears in medical contexts referring to the ability to control bladder and bowel functions: The surgery may affect continence.
In older usage, continence meant restraint from sexual activity or temperance generally—the ability to hold oneself back from indulgence.
Avoidance of excess
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
asceticism · simplicity · measured · balance · judiciousness · economy · restraint · sparing
Abstaining from sexual activity
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
renunciation · abstemiousness · sexual restraint · vow · fidelity · monogamy · virtue · innocence
Mental strength resisting impulse
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- self-masteryControl over one's behavior
- self-commandRegulation of one's impulses
self-possession · self-government · composure · forbearance · fortitude · resolve · determination · restraint
moderation
Avoidance of excess
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- frugalityEconomical resource management
austerity · asceticism · simplicity · measured · balance · judiciousness · economy · restraint · sparing · discretion
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
self-denial · renunciation · abstemiousness · sexual restraint · vow · fidelity · monogamy · virtue · innocence · maidenhood
willpower
Mental strength resisting impulse
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- self-masteryControl over one's behavior
self-command · self-possession · self-government · composure · forbearance · fortitude · resolve · determination · restraint · impulse control
bladder control
Urinary restraint ability
- urinaryRelating to urine
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- pelvic floorMuscles supporting abdominal organs
sphincter · voiding · urination · bowel control · catheter · Kegel · leakage · urgency · fecal
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- chastitychastity, celibacy, virginity, purity, chastity vow
- urologyurologist, urology, bladder, kidney, kidneys
- Greek ethicsarete, Nicomachean Ethics, practical wisdom, golden mean, telos
- yogaasana, asanas, pranayama, yoga class, yoga pose
continenceincontinence
Inability to retain waste
licentiousness · lechery · debauchery · lasciviousness · lewdness
continenceintemperance
Habitual lack of restraint
incontinence · self-indulgence · indulgence · excess · overindulgence
- lost continentFabled drowned landmass
- seven continents
- frozen continent
- Asian continentLargest world landmass
- Australian continentSmallest major landmass
- ancient continentPrimordial unified landmass