Continence :: Continence (n.) Alt. of Continenc.

Continency :: Continency (n.) Self-restraint; self-command.

Continency :: Continency (n.) 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..

Continency :: Continency (n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever..

Continent :: Continent (a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.

Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..

Continental :: Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.

Continental :: Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition..

Continental :: Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money..

Continental :: Continental (n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3..

Continently :: Continently (adv.) In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Incontinence :: Incontinence (n.) Alt. of Incontinenc.

Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..

Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine..

Incontinent :: Incontinent (a.) Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd..

Incontinent :: Incontinent (a.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.

Incontinent :: Incontinent (n.) One who is unchaste.

Incontinent :: Incontinent (adv.) Incontinently; instantly immediately.

Incontinently :: Incontinently (adv.) In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites..

Incontinently :: Incontinently (adv.) Immediately; at once; forthwith.

Intercontinental :: Intercontinental (a.) Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce..

Transcontinental :: Transcontinental (a.) Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey..

Uncontinent :: Uncontinent (a.) Not continent; incontinent.

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