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Self-restraint; self-command.

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  1. n. Self-restraint; self-command.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. Uninterrupted course; continuity.
  4. n. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
  5. n. restraint">Self-restraint; self-command. n. 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. n. Uninterrupted course; continuity.