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Definitions for: Incontinence [n] indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
[n] involuntary urination or defecation
Webster (1913) Definition: In*con"ti*nence, Incontinency In*con"ti*nen*cy,
n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.]
1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or
restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want
of continence; failure to restrain the passions or
appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.
That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1
Cor. vii. 5.
From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton.
2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to
restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges
are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.
Synonyms: dissoluteness, incontinency, self-gratification
See Also: elimination, enuresis, evacuation, excreting, excretion, indiscipline, rakishness, undiscipline, urinary incontinence, voiding
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