1. (n.) Self-restraint; self-command.

2. (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.

3. (n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity.

CONTINENCY

kon'-ti-nen-si (egkrateuomai "to have self-control" or "continency" the Revised Version (British and American), "to contain" the King James Version): Paul, although he would that all men were like himself unmarried, yet advises that they should marry if they cannot control their sexual passions, and hold them in complete subjection to Christian motives (1 Corinthians 7:9). The same Greek verb is used in 1 Corinthians 9:25, and translated "is temperate" (the King James Version and the English Revised Version) of the athlete who during the period of training abstains from all indulgence in food, 'drink, and sexual passion. For the general principle as expressed in substantive egkrateia (Acts 24:25 Galatians 5:23 2 Peter 1:6) and adjective egkrates (Titus 1:8) see TEMPERANCE, TEMPERATE.

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Whether it is Possible to be Dispensed from a Solemn Vow of ...
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Of the Benefit of virginity and of Continency.
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Letters Ccclxi. And Ccclxiii.
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And all My Hope is no Where but in Thy Exceeding Great Mercy. ...
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All Hope is in the Mercy of God.
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Of the Discipline and Advantage of Chastity.
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Continency (1 Occurrence)
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Continence (1 Occurrence)

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Self-control (14 Occurrences)
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Selfcontrol
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Continual (55 Occurrences)

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Contain (19 Occurrences)
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