INCONTINENCE


Meaning of INCONTINENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)in-ˈkän-tə-nən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 14th century

: the quality or state of being incontinent: as

a. : failure to restrain sexual appetite : unchastity

b. : inability of the body to control the evacuative functions of urination or defecation

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.