Continence

Definition: Continence

Continence

Noun

1. The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.

2. Voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge.

Date "continence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definition
Health	The ability to hold in a bowel movement or urine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Continence

Synonym: continency (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Purity	Noun: purity; decency, decorum, delicacy; continence, chastity, honesty, virtue, modesty, shame; pudicity, pucelage, virginity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Continence

English words defined with "continence": Abelonian. (references)

Specialty definitions using "continence": Abelites ♦ Continence of a Scipio ♦ Panthe'a ♦ Scipio dismissed the Iberian Maid ♦ Xenocrates. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Continence" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (abstemiousness, austereness, continence).

Domain	Title
Books	Continence Promotion in General Practice (Practical Guides for General Practice 13 Oxford Medical Publications) (reference) Continence With Biofeedback: New Treatment for Fecal Incontinence (reference) Nursing for Continence (reference) Psychology of Emotion: Self Discipline by Conscious Emotional Continence (reference) Skin Care Triad: Therapeutic Positioning, Continence Managment, and Wound Care (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Journal Of Wound Ostomy And Continence Nursing : Wocn (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
St. Augustine	Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You can also get help from a urology or continence nurse. (references)
		You can help your patient see continence treatment in a positive light. (references)
		Continence is restored in 70 to 90 percent of patients in various series. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Continence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.54% of the time. "Continence" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.54%	62	42,755
Noun (proper)	7.46%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	67	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "continence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vetëpërmbajtje (composure, control, cool, forbearance, poise, restraint, self restraint, sobriety), përkore (abstention, abstinence, frugality, moderation). (various references)

Arabic		‏كبح النفس, ‏كبح الشهوة (mortify). (various references)

Bulgarian		умереност (equability, gentleness, mildness, moderation, modesty, restraint, temperance), сдържаност (moderation, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, temper), целомъдрие (chastity, virtue), въздържание (chastity, temperance). (various references)

Czech		zdrženlivost (abstention, restraint). (various references)

Danish		kontinens. (various references)

Dutch		continentie. (various references)

Farsi		پرهیزگاری (Pietism, Piety), خویشتن داری , خودداری (Abstinence, Composure, Equanimity, Refusal, Restraint). (various references)

Finnish		pidättyväisyys (abstinence, reserve, restraint). (various references)

French		continence. (various references)

German		Mäßigkeit (lukewarmness, mediocrity, moderateness, moderation, modesty, restraint, temperance). (various references)

Greek		εγκράτεια (abstinence, moderation, self control, self restraint, self-discipline, sobriety, temperance, temperateness). (various references)

Hebrew		פרישות (abstention, abstinence, asceticism, celibacy, parting), כבישת �"יצר (temperance), כבוש �"יצר (self control, self restraint, stoicism), �"תאפקות (abstinence, restraint, reticence). (various references)

Hungarian		mérsékletesség (austerity, frugality). (various references)

Indonesian		pengendalian nafsu, kegadisan (chastity, virginity). (various references)

Italian		continenza. (various references)

Manx		macaintaght. (various references)

Pig Latin		ontinencecay

Portuguese		continência (abstinence, salute). (various references)

Romanian		stãpânire (authority, command, control, demesne, dominance, domination, dominion, empire, enjoyment, government, grip, hand, holding, keeping, lordship, masterdom, mastery, ownership, possession, reign, rule, sovereignty, sway), reţinere (check, deduction, detention, moderation, pause, reservation, restraint, retainer, retention, stoppage), abstinenţã (abstemiousness, abstinence, teetotalism, temperance). (various references)

Russian		сдержанность (demureness, discreetness, insularity, moderation, modesty, reservation, reserve, restraint, reticence, self restraint, self-restraint, temperance). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uzdržavanje (abstention, restraint, self restraint), kontinencija, apstinencija (abstinence). (various references)

Spanish		continencia. (various references)

Swedish		återhållsamhet (abstention, abstinence, economy, restraint). (various references)

Turkish		kendini tutma (aplomb, constraint, self control, self restraint, self-command), ölçülülük (demureness, moderation, sang froid, sangfroid, temperance, temperateness), ılımlılık (clemency, decency, equability, mean, mildness, moderateness, moderation, modesty, temperateness). (various references)

Ukrainian		стримування (coercion, containment, inhibition, moderation, repression, suppression), стриманість (chastity, control, demureness, distance, offishness, restraint, reticence, self restraint, temper). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự trinh tiết (chastity, maidenhead), sự tiết dục sự trinh bạch. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	continentia, temperantia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "continence": continences. (additional references)
	Words ending with "continence": incontinence. (additional references)
	Words containing "continence": incontinences. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Continence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cantonensis, contenance, continance, continen, continente, continuence, contrinance, convinance, convinence, konttinen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-t"
	-1 letter: innocence.
	-2 letters: innocent, neotenic.
	-3 letters: conceit, concent, connect.
	-4 letters: cenote, conine, entice, intone, nocent, noetic, notice.
	-5 letters: cento, conic, conin, conte, niece, ninon, niton, nonce, nonet, ontic, tenon, tonic, tonne.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: continences, contingence.
	+2 letters: concentering, contingences, incontinence, interconnect, reconnecting, reconnection.
	+3 letters: contingencies, inconsistence, incontinences, interconnects, nonelectronic, reconnections.
	+4 letters: discountenance, inconsistences, incontinencies, interconnected, internucleonic, nonconsecutive, nonelectronics.
	+5 letters: counterinstance, deconcentrating, deconcentration, discountenanced, discountenances, inconsistencies, interconnecting, interconnection, reconcentrating, reconcentration.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
continence	24
continence international society	14
continence sexual	5
continence disposable protection renewable	5
association continence national	4
care continence	3
continence europe product	3
continence nurse ostomy society wound	2
continence ostomy wound	2
continence nurse ostomy wound	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Continence

Definition: Continence

Continence

Noun

Specialty Definition: Continence

Synonym: Continence

Synonyms within Context: Continence

Purity

Crosswords: Continence

Commercial Usage: Continence

Books

Periodicals

Familiar Quotations: Continence

St. Augustine

Non-Fiction Usage: Continence

Usage Frequency: Continence

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Continence

Modern Translation: Continence

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