Chastity vs. Continence

Chastitynoun

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

Chastitynoun

The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

Chastitynoun

Moral purity.

Chastitynoun

The unmarried life; celibacy.

Chastitynoun

Chasteness.

Chastitynoun

abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

Chastitynoun

morality with respect to sexual relations

Chastitynoun

the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse

Chastity

Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. Someone who is chaste refrains either from sexual activity considered immoral or any sexual activity, according to their state of life.

Continencenoun

(urology) The voluntary control of urination and defecation.

Continencenoun

Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.

Continencenoun

Uninterrupted course; continuity.

Continencenoun

Self-restraint; self-command.

Continencenoun

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.

Continencenoun

Uninterrupted course; continuity.

Continencenoun

the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters

Continencenoun

voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge