Restrained; moderate; temperate.Moderate or abstinent in the indulgence of the sexual passion; maintaining continence; chaste.Restraining; opposing.Containing; being the container: with of.Continuous; connected; not interrupted.n. That which contains or comprises; a container or holder.n. That which is contained or comprised; contents; the amount held or that can be held, as by a vessel.n. In physical geography, one of the largest landmasses of the globe.n. [capitalized] In a special sense, in English literature, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British islands: as, to travel on the Continent.n. Land in a general sense, as distinguished from water; terra firma.n. [capitalized] Same as Encratite.