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Continency

noun
1.
The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.  Synonym: continence.





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... the Church service say? It says "Marriage was ordained for a remedy against sin, and to avoid fornication; that such persons as have not the gift of continency might marry and keep themselves undefiled members ...
— Love—Marriage—Birth Control - Being a Speech delivered at the Church Congress at - Birmingham, October, 1921 • Bertrand Dawson


Words linked to "Continency" :   continence, self-discipline, self-denial, continent


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