| Continent: English to English |
| Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste. |
| Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate. |
| Continent (a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. |
| Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the co |
| Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. |
| Continent (a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle. |