INCONTINENCE


Meaning of INCONTINENCE in English

(ˈ)in, ən+ noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin incontinentia, from incontinent-, incontinens + -ia -y

1. : lack of restraint : inability or disinclination to resist desire or impulse ; especially : salaciousness , dissoluteness

fell into a life of sexual and alcoholic incontinence

2. : inability to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily

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