Continent
Continent adjective - Given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites.
Usage example: a religous sect that expects its unmarried members to be completely celibate and its married adherents to maintain continent relationships
Self-abnegating and continent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-abnegating" instead an adjective "Continent".
Nearby Words: continence, continental, continently
Self-abnegating
Self-abnegating adjective - Given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites.
Usage example: obviously not for the self-abnegating vacationer, this luxury resort is for those whose budgets and appetites know no limit
Continent and self-abnegating are semantically related. You can use "Continent" instead an adjective phrase "Self-abnegating".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sober and continent
- sober and self-abnegating
- simple and continent
- simple and self-abnegating
- austere and continent
- austere and self-abnegating
- strict and continent
- strict and self-abnegating
- ascetic and continent
- ascetic and self-abnegating
- puritanical and continent
- puritanical and self-abnegating
- abstemious and continent
- abstemious and self-abnegating
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Self-abnegating and Continent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continent/self-abnegating
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