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Definition of Incontinency
1. Noun. Involuntary urination or defecation.
Generic synonyms: Elimination, Evacuation, Excreting, Excretion, Voiding
Specialized synonyms: Enuresis, Urinary Incontinence
Derivative terms: Incontinent, Incontinent
Definition of Incontinency
1. Noun. Variant of incontinence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incontinency
1. [n -CIES]
Medical Definition of Incontinency
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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)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Incontinency
Literary usage of Incontinency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"Political Evils of incontinency ; of Prostitution. ... Evils of general incontinency
in the highest Classes, and the lowest.—Religion.—Its Universality. ..."
2. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1848)
"But it is asked—” Is this the only reason for entering into matrimony, that we
may cure incontinency?” I answer, that this is not Paul's meaning; ..."
3. Manual of Political Ethics, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"Political Evils of incontinency ; of Prostitution. ... Evils of general incontinency
in the highest Classes, and the lowest.—Religion.—Its Universality. ..."
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