continencen.

/ˈkɒntɪnəns/

Etymology: < 14th cent. French continence , or < Latin continēntia , a holding back, repression (of passions, desires, etc.), also in late Latin ‘tenor or contents (of a work)’, < continēnt- , present participle of continēre to contain v.: see -ence suffix. A doublet of countenance n.¹, Old French contenance , which represents a development of branch II.

I. Self-restraint.

1. Self-restraint, in regard to impulse, appetite, or desire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > abstinence

abstinence?c1225

continencec1340

abstaining1395

continency1567

continuancea1625

non-ism1990

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 15 A saule þat..es clede in vertus, as..in contynence, in wysdome, in trouthe, hope, and charyte.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 195 Þis Pictagoras usede so grete contynence and abstinence þat he ete noþer fische ne flesche.

1531 T. Elyot Gouernour iii. xvi. sig. div Continence is a vertue whiche kepeth the plesaunt appetite of man vnder the yoke of reason.

1694 J. Crowne Married Beau ii. 12 No Woman has much Continence in her Tongue.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Bij He knows also when to leave off; a Continence which is practis'd by few Writers.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 110 They have as much energy, as much continence of character as they ever had.

2. spec. Self-restraint in the matter of sexual appetite, displayed either by due moderation or (as more frequently taken) by entire abstinence. (Sometimes identified with, sometimes distinguished from, chastity n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [noun]

kasté13..

chastityc1305

chasteheada1325

temperance1340

continencec1380

chastenessc1386

virginitya1400

violet1412

castimony1490

continency1526

chastice1567

nunnery1654

brahmacharya1787

moral restraint1803

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 109 Vowis of contynense.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 106 Virginitee is greet perfeccioun, And continens eek with deuocioun.

1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxiiii Seint Birget induced hir husbande to lyfe in contynens [printed contyneus] many yeres.

1531 T. Elyot Gouernour i. xxi. sig. Lij Continence, which is a meane betwene Chastitie and inordinate luste.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. §3 Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, of married persons.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. vii. 28 Contentment..without the Pleasure..of Lawful Venery, Continence; of Unlawful, Chastity.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xii. 252 To the first of these, marriage was always allowed: the latter were bound to a life of the strictest continence.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 48 Not one thought it any part of his duty to observe continence towards his own wife.

3. Medicine. The possession of normal voluntary control over excretory functions. Opposed to incontinence n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [noun] > control of

sphincter1879

continence1915

1915 Q. Jrnl. Exper. Physiol. 8 56 There are long periods of complete continence, and the cats very deliberately select places for passing urine.

1943 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 11 Nov. 744/2 90 per cent of these patients would secure continence from simple cystocele repair.

1980 W. K. Yeates in G. D. Chisholm Urol. xix. 300 The factors maintaining continence are the shape and anatomical situation of the bladder outlet..and..the activity of its own surrounding muscles.

†II. Capacity; continuity.

4. Tenor, contents; content, capacity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun]

sentence?c1225

intent1303

tenora1387

intendment1390

strengthc1390

porta1393

meaningc1395

process1395

continencea1398

purposec1400

substance1415

purport1422

matterc1450

storyc1450

containing1477

contenu1477

retinue1484

fecka1500

content1513

drift1526

intention1532

vein1543

importing1548

scope1549

importance1552

course1553

force1555

sense?1556

file1560

intelliment?1562

proporta1578

preport1583

import1588

importment1602

carriage1604

morala1616

significancy1641

amount1678

purview1688

sentiment1713

capacity1720

spirit1742

message1828

thrust1968

messaging1977

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1375 Bacus is a mesure of fletynge þinges, ordeyned by þe contynence of þe lawe [L. secundum legis continentiam deputata].

5. Continuity: cf. continent adj. 7b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [noun]

continuance1586

continuedness1594

continuity1603

uninterruptedness1665

uninterruption1702

continence1726

continuousness1803

continuancy1850

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 67 Lest the Continence of the Cause should be divided, or in other Terms, lest there should be a discontinuance of the Cause.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	continence
释义	continencen. /ˈkɒntɪnəns/ Etymology: < 14th cent. French continence , or < Latin continēntia , a holding back, repression (of passions, desires, etc.), also in late Latin ‘tenor or contents (of a work)’, < continēnt- , present participle of continēre to contain v.: see -ence suffix. A doublet of countenance n.¹, Old French contenance , which represents a development of branch II. I. Self-restraint. 1. Self-restraint, in regard to impulse, appetite, or desire. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > abstinence abstinence?c1225 continencec1340 abstaining1395 continency1567 continuancea1625 non-ism1990 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 15 A saule þat..es clede in vertus, as..in contynence, in wysdome, in trouthe, hope, and charyte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 195 Þis Pictagoras usede so grete contynence and abstinence þat he ete noþer fische ne flesche. 1531 T. Elyot Gouernour iii. xvi. sig. div Continence is a vertue whiche kepeth the plesaunt appetite of man vnder the yoke of reason. 1694 J. Crowne Married Beau ii. 12 No Woman has much Continence in her Tongue. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. Bij He knows also when to leave off; a Continence which is practis'd by few Writers. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits* vi. 110 They have as much energy, as much continence of character as they ever had. 2. spec. Self-restraint in the matter of sexual appetite, displayed either by due moderation or (as more frequently taken) by entire abstinence. (Sometimes identified with, sometimes distinguished from, chastity n.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [noun] kasté13.. chastityc1305 chasteheada1325 temperance1340 continencec1380 chastenessc1386 virginitya1400 violet1412 castimony1490 continency1526 chastice1567 nunnery1654 brahmacharya1787 moral restraint1803 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 109 Vowis of contynense. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 106 Virginitee is greet perfeccioun, And continens eek with deuocioun. 1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxiiii Seint Birget induced hir husbande to lyfe in contynens [printed contyneus] many yeres. 1531 T. Elyot Gouernour i. xxi. sig. Lij Continence, which is a meane betwene Chastitie and inordinate luste. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. §3 Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, of married persons. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. vii. 28 Contentment..without the Pleasure..of Lawful Venery, Continence; of Unlawful, Chastity. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xii. 252 To the first of these, marriage was always allowed: the latter were bound to a life of the strictest continence. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 48 Not one thought it any part of his duty to observe continence towards his own wife. 3. Medicine. The possession of normal voluntary control over excretory functions. Opposed to incontinence n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [noun] > control of sphincter1879 continence1915 1915 Q. Jrnl. Exper. Physiol. 8 56 There are long periods of complete continence, and the cats very deliberately select places for passing urine. 1943 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 11 Nov. 744/2 90 per cent of these patients would secure continence from simple cystocele repair. 1980 W. K. Yeates in G. D. Chisholm Urol. xix. 300 The factors maintaining continence are the shape and anatomical situation of the bladder outlet..and..the activity of its own surrounding muscles. †II. Capacity; continuity. 4. Tenor, contents; content, capacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun] sentence?c1225 intent1303 tenora1387 intendment1390 strengthc1390 porta1393 meaningc1395 process1395 continencea1398 purposec1400 substance1415 purport1422 matterc1450 storyc1450 containing1477 contenu1477 retinue1484 fecka1500 content1513 drift1526 intention1532 vein1543 importing1548 scope1549 importance1552 course1553 force1555 sense?1556 file1560 intelliment?1562 proporta1578 preport1583 import1588 importment1602 carriage1604 morala1616 significancy1641 amount1678 purview1688 sentiment1713 capacity1720 spirit1742 message1828 thrust1968 messaging1977 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1375 Bacus is a mesure of fletynge þinges, ordeyned by þe contynence of þe lawe [L. secundum legis continentiam deputata]. 5. Continuity: cf. continent adj. 7b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [noun] continuance1586 continuedness1594 continuity1603 uninterruptedness1665 uninterruption1702 continence1726 continuousness1803 continuancy1850 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 67 Lest the Continence of the Cause should be divided, or in other Terms, lest there should be a discontinuance of the Cause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1340
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