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Purity vs Continence - What's the difference?

purity | continence | Related terms |

Purity is a related term of continence.


As a proper noun purity

is from the virtue purity.

As a noun continence is

the voluntary control of urination and defecation.

purity

English

Noun

(purities)
  • The state or degree of being pure.

    • Antonyms

    * impurity

    continence

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
  • Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
  • * (seeCites)
  • * Dryden
    • He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practiced by few writers.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Chastity is either abstinence or continence': abstinence is that of virgins or widows; ' continence , that of married persons.
  • Uninterrupted course; continuity.
    • (Ayliffe)

    Antonyms

    * incontinence

    Related terms

    * continent

    References

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