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continence

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Main Entry: continence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-restraint

Synonyms:

abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, celibacy, chastity, forbearance, moderation, refraining, self-control, sobriety, temperance, virtue
Main Entry: abstinence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restraint from desires, especially physical desires

Synonyms:

abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, asceticism, avoidance, chastity, continence, fasting, forbearance, frugality, moderation, refraining, renunciation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism, temperance

Antonyms:

drunkenness, excess, indulgence, intemperance, intoxication, revelry, self-indulgence
Main Entry: austerity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: refraining; abstinence

Synonyms:

abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance

Antonyms:

elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending
Main Entry: celibacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abstinence from sexual activity

Synonyms:

abstention, chastity, continence, frigidity, impotence, maidenhood, purity, singleness, virginity, virtue

Antonyms:

promiscuousness
Main Entry: chastity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celibacy, purity

Synonyms:

abstemiousness, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, decency, demureness, devotion, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, modesty, monogamy, morality, naiveté, restraint, singleness, sinlessness, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity, virtue

Antonyms:

dirtiness, fornication
Main Entry: sobriety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abstinence

Synonyms:

abstaining, abstemiousness, continence, moderation, refraining, self-restraint, soberness, teetotalism, temperance
Main Entry: temperance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-restraint; abstinence

Synonyms:

abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication

Antonyms:

excess, intemperance, wildness
Main Entry: virginity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celibacy, chastity

Synonyms:

abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, maidenhood, purity, restraint, sinlessness, spotlessness, virtue
Main Entry: purity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chastity

Synonyms:

abstemiousness, continence, honor, virginity, virtue
Main Entry: purity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cleanness

Synonyms:

chastity, cleanliness, continence, holiness, innocence, piety, sanctitude

Antonyms:

impurity
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