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continency

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Significado de continency

n.

Self-restraint; self-command.
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.
Uninterrupted course; continuity.

n.

continence, self-discipline generic term, self-denial generic term

Vogais: oiey

Consoantes: cntnnc

Palavras Parecidas

continence, continuance, containing, continuing, countenance, counting, conditioning, counttenance, cointense, connoting.