Bible Dictionaries
Continency
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Continency'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/continency.html. 1828.