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incontinency
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Incontinency
(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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incontinency
(wn) | incontinency
n 1: involuntary urination or defecation [syn: incontinence,
incontinency] |
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