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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Incontinence \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: incontinency n : involuntary urination or defecation [syn: {incontinence}]
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