continence
IPA: kˈɑntʌnʌns
noun
- (urology) The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
- Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
- Uninterrupted course; continuity.
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Examples of "continence" in Sentences
- Ministers have to have continence.
- An ileostomy valve for controlling bowel continence.
- Let Continence be the Forge, Patience the Goldsmith, understanding the anvil.
- With all its color and fierce action, a certain Greek continence pervades it.
- And, while Jeff's comment on clerical continence is premature, I suspect we are heading toward a serious re-examination of that issue at the universal level.
- Full bladder continence is pretty much there in spite of his obvious fear of any public toilet (remember that big insulated bubble he has) but we have yet to poopin the potty.
- Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth regulation based on self-observation and the use of infertile periods, is in conformity with the objective criteria of morality.
- Nurses and nurse practitioners who are trained in continence care are needed to help provide support for those individuals living with incontinence in the community and their caregivers.
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth regulation based on self-observation and the use of infertile periods, is in conformity with the objective criteria of morality."
- As a form of continence, however, if it can be called continence, it is asserted to bring none of the long course of evils which too often follow the practice of lifelong abstinence, or abstinence broken only when a child is desired.
- Hence by receiving a certain order a man receives the power of exercising certain sacred acts, but he is not bound on this account to things pertaining to perfection, except in so far as in the Western Church the receiving of a sacred order includes the taking of a vow of continence, which is one of the things pertaining to perfection, as we shall state further on (Q. 186, A. 4).