Definition of Incontinence

1. Noun. Involuntary urination or defecation.

Exact synonyms: Incontinency
Generic synonyms: Elimination, Evacuation, Excreting, Excretion, Voiding
Specialized synonyms: Enuresis, Urinary Incontinence
Derivative terms: Incontinent, Incontinent

2. Noun. Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures.
Exact synonyms: Dissoluteness, Self-gratification
Generic synonyms: Indiscipline, Undiscipline
Specialized synonyms: Rakishness
Derivative terms: Dissolute

Definition of Incontinence

1. n. 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.

Definition of Incontinence

1. Noun. (dated) Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incontinence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Incontinence

1. The inability to control excretory functions, as defecation (faecal incontinence) or urination (urinary incontinence). Origin: L. Incontinentia (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incontinence

inconstaunt
inconstruable
inconsumable
inconsumably
inconsumptible
incontestabilities
incontestability
incontestable
incontestableness
incontestably
incontested
incontestibility
incontestible
incontestibly
incontiguous
incontinence diaper
incontinence of faeces
incontinence of milk
incontinence of pigment
incontinence of urine
incontinence pad
incontinence pads
incontinences
incontinencies
incontinency
incontinentia
incontinentia pigmenti
incontinentia pigmenti achromians

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