English-Thai Dictionary
continence
N การ กลั้น (ปัสสาวะ หรือ อุจจาระ kan-klan
continence
N การ บังคับใจ ตัวเอง การ ข่มใจ self-restraint moderation kan-bang-kab-jai-tua-ang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTINENCE, CONTINENCY
n.[L., to hold, or withhold; con and teneo, to hold. See Tenet. ] 1. In a general sense, the restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; self-command.
2. Appropriately, the restraint of the passion for sexual enjoyment; resistance of concupiscence; forbearance of lewd pleasures; hence, chastity. But the term is usually applied to males, as chastity is to females. Scipio the younger exhibited the nobles example of continence recorded in Pagan history; an example surpassed only by that of Joseph in sacred history.
3. Forbearance of lawful pleasure.
Content without lawful venery, is continence; without unlawful, is chastity.
4. Moderation in the indulgence of sexual enjoyment.
Chastity is either abstinence or continence; abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons.
5. Continuity; uninterrupted course. [Not now used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONTINENCE; CONTINENCY
Con "ti *nence, Con "ti *nen *cy, n. Etym: [F. continence, L. continentia.See Continent, and cf. Countenance. ]
1. Self-restraint; self-command. He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. Dryden.
2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence. If they [the unmarried and widows ] have not continency, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. Jer. Taylor.
3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs. ] Ayliffe.
French Dictionary
continence
continence n. f. nom féminin Abstinence des plaisirs sexuels.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
continence
con ti nence /kɑ́nt (ə )nəns |kɔ́ntɪ -/名詞 U 1 ｟やや古 ｠自制, (特に激情 肉体的欲望の )抑制 .2 排尿調節 .
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