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continence
(encz) | continence,zdrženlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Continence
(gcide) | Continence \Con"ti*nence\, Continency \Con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [F.
continence, L. continentia. See Continent, and cf.
Countenance.]
1. Self-restraint; self-command.
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He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave
off, -- a continence which is practiced by few
writers. --Dryden.
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2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and
passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence
of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence;
sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.
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If they [the unmarried and widows] have not
continency, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii.
9 (Rev. Ver.
).
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Chastity is either abstinence or continence:
abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence,
that of married persons. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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continence
(wn) | continence
n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn:
continence, continency]
2: voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge |
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continence
(encz) | continence,zdrženlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
incontinence
(encz) | incontinence,inkontinence n: Zdeněk Brož |
overflow incontinence
(encz) | overflow incontinence, n: |
stress incontinence
(encz) | stress incontinence, n: |
urge incontinence
(encz) | urge incontinence, n: |
urinary incontinence
(encz) | urinary incontinence, n: |
Incontinence
(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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continence
(wn) | continence
n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn:
continence, continency]
2: voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge |
incontinence
(wn) | incontinence
n 1: involuntary urination or defecation [syn: incontinence,
incontinency]
2: indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures [syn:
dissoluteness, incontinence, self-gratification] |
overflow incontinence
(wn) | overflow incontinence
n 1: urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so
full that it continually leaks urine; often attributable to
a blocked urethra (e.g., due to prostate enlargement) or
weak bladder muscles or nerve damage |
stress incontinence
(wn) | stress incontinence
n 1: urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure
is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing
or lifting or straining |
urge incontinence
(wn) | urge incontinence
n 1: urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to
involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an
urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of
urine; most common in people over 60 years of age |
urinary incontinence
(wn) | urinary incontinence
n 1: inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary
urination [syn: enuresis, urinary incontinence] |
INCONTINENCE I
(bouvier) | INCONTINENCE Impudicity, the indulgence in unlawful carnal connexions.
Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. Sec. 862.
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