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To: posterchild

“Continence” is the correct term for not engaging in sexual behavior of any kind. It comes from the same root as “contain.” It is almost a synonym for “abstinence,” but it includes abstaining not only from intercourse in the reproductive form but from other sexual acts.


18 posted on 01/16/2020 6:42:22 PM PST by Tax-chick ("The diversity cult is destroying the very foundations of our civilization." ~ Heather MacDonald)
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To: Tax-chick

You are correct, my mistake, hence the above retraction.


34 posted on 01/17/2020 5:59:10 AM PST by posterchild
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