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incontinency


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. <medicine> The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.

Origin: L. Incontinentia: cf. F. Incontinence.

Source: Websters Dictionary