continence [kon-tn-uhns] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
continence [kon-tn-uhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-restraint
Synonyms: abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, celibacy, chastity, forbearance, moderation, refraining, self-control, sobriety, temperance, virtue
Main Entry: austerity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: refraining; abstinence
Synonyms: abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance
Antonyms: elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending
Main Entry: celibacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abstinence from sexual activity
Synonyms: abstention, chastity, continence, frigidity, impotence, maidenhood, purity, singleness, virginity, virtue
Antonyms: promiscuousness
Example Sentences
  • They improve continence and have fewer adverse effects than short-acting forms.
Main Entry: chastity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celibacy, purity
Synonyms: abstemiousness, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, decency, demureness, devotion, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, modesty, monogamy, morality, naiveté, restraint, singleness, sinlessness, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity, virtue
Antonyms: dirtiness, fornication
Main Entry: sobriety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abstinence
Synonyms: abstaining, abstemiousness, continence, moderation, refraining, self-restraint, soberness, teetotalism, temperance
Main Entry: temperance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-restraint; abstinence
Synonyms: abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication
Antonyms: excess, intemperance, wildness
Main Entry: virginity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celibacy, chastity
Synonyms: abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, maidenhood, purity, restraint, sinlessness, spotlessness, virtue
Main Entry: purity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chastity
Synonyms: abstemiousness, continence, honor, virginity, virtue
Main Entry: purity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cleanness
Synonyms: chastity, cleanliness, continence, holiness, innocence, piety, sanctitude
Antonyms: impurity
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