n.
节制, 贞操

[ noun ]
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
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Continence \Con"ti*nence\, Continency \Con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [F.
continence, L. continentia. See {Continent}, and cf.
{Countenance}.]
1. Self-restraint; self-command.

He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave
off, -- a continence which is practiced by few
writers. --Dryden.

2. 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.

If they [the unmarried and widows] have not
continency, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii.
9 (Rev. Ver.
).

Chastity is either abstinence or continence:
abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence,
that of married persons. --Jer. Taylor.

3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.