Continence vs Abstemiousness - What's the difference?
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The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
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* Dryden
* Jeremy Taylor
Uninterrupted course; continuity.
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
Continence is a related term of abstemiousness.
As nouns the difference between continence and abstemiousness
is that continence is the voluntary control of urination and defecation while abstemiousness is the quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks .continence
English
Noun
(-)- He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practiced by few writers.
- Chastity is either abstinence or continence': abstinence is that of virgins or widows; ' continence , that of married persons.
- (Ayliffe)