Innocence vs Continence - What's the difference?
innocence | continence | Related terms |
Absence of responsibility for a crime.
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=9 Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
* (seeCites)
* Dryden
* Jeremy Taylor
Uninterrupted course; continuity.
Innocence is a related term of continence.
As nouns the difference between innocence and continence
is that innocence is absence of responsibility for a crime while continence is the voluntary control of urination and defecation.innocence
English
Noun
(-)citation, passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
Antonyms
* (absence of responsibility for a crime) guilt * (absence of ability to harm) harmfulnessSynonyms
* (lack of sensitive subjects) naivety * (absence of ability to harm) harmlessness * (freedom from guilt) unguilt, unguiltnesscontinence
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)