'Incontinency' definitions:

Definition of 'incontinency'

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noun
Involuntary urination or defecation [syn: incontinence, incontinency]

Definition of 'Incontinency'

From: GCIDE
  • Incontinence \In*con"ti*nence\, Incontinency \In*con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; lack of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. [1913 Webster]
  • That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1 Cor. vii. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, especially urination, or defecation, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine. [1913 Webster]