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Alt. of Incontinency

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  1. n. Alt. of Incontinency
  2. n. involuntary urination or defecation
  3. n. indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
  4. 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.
  5. n:100 n. involuntary urination or defecation