Synonyms and Antonyms of continence
1
abstention from sexual intercourse
- argued for a pregnancy-prevention program that did not put so much faith in the continence of teenagers
2
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
- experiencing a moment of unusual continence, I refrained from returning her gratuitous insult
constraint, discipline, discretion, inhibition, refrainment, repression, reserve, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-restraint, suppression
command, control, mastery, possession
self-censorship, self-containment, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, will, willpower
composure, self-poise, self-possession
aloofness, detachedness, distance
bashfulness, modesty, shyness
reticence, silence, taciturnity
3
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
- a religious sect that demanded nearly superhuman continence from its adherents
restraint, self-command, self-containment, self-control, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, self-possession, self-restraint, will, willpower
self-abnegation, self-denial
moderateness, moderation, temperance, temperateness
determination, nerve
command, control, discipline, mastery
abnegation, abstention, avoidance, eschewal, forbearance
abstinence, soberness, sobriety
aplomb, assurance, composure, confidence, coolness, equanimity, poise, self-confidence
discretion
gratification, indulgence, self-indulgence
excessiveness, immoderacy, intemperance, intemperateness, overindulgence
demerit, failing, fault, feebleness, foible, frailty, shortcoming, vice, weakness
indiscipline, unconstraint, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint
4
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
- a gambling mecca that has a reputation for being the sort of place where caution and continence are thrown to the wind
