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    continence
    /ˈkɒntɪnəns/

    noun

    • 1. the ability to control movements of the bowels and bladder: "you can improve your continence by strengthening the muscles of the pelvic floor"

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  3. Continence is the ability to control your urination, bowel movements, or sexual desires. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its opposite incontinence with Cambridge Dictionary.

    • English (US)

      CONTINENCE meaning: 1. the ability to control when you...

  4. Continence is self-restraint, especially in sexual activity. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and grammar of continence.

  5. It hasn’t changed much — continence means holding back bodily functions. It’s often used in the negative, incontinence, which describes a situation you get into with babies or sick people, where they can’t control their bowels.

  6. Continence is the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily or self-restraint in refraining from sexual intercourse. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and medical definition of continence.

  7. Continence means self-restraint or abstinence, especially in regard to sexual activity; temperance; moderation. It also means the ability to voluntarily control urinary and fecal discharge. See the origin, history and usage of the word continence.

  8. Continence is the ability to control urinary and fecal discharge, or the practice of sexual abstinence. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of the word continence in different languages and contexts.

  9. Continence is a noun that means self-restraint, moderation, or voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge. It can also mean abstinence from sexual activity or uninterrupted course.

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