Incontinency

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incontinence \In*con"ti*nence\, Incontinency \In*con"ti*nen*cy\,
     n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.]
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     1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or
        restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; lack
        of continence; failure to restrain the passions or


        appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.
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              That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1
                                                    Cor. vii. 5.
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              From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton.
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     2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to
        restrain the natural evacuations, especially urination, or
        defecation, so that the discharges are involuntary; as,
        incontinence of urine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incontinency
       n : involuntary urination or defecation [syn: {incontinence}]