continence
noun/ˈkɒntɪnəns/
/ˈkɑːntɪnəns/
[uncountable]- (formal) the control of your feelings, especially your desire to have sex
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- the ability to control the bladder and bowels opposite incontinence
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French, or from Latin continent- ‘holding together’. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent.
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