incontinence
noun/ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/UK
Etymology
From Middle English incontinence, from Old French incontinence or its etymon Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinency.
- derived from incontinentia
- derived from incontinence
- inherited from incontinence
Definitions
Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself
Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity.
- verbal incontinence
- Give these very Irish men and women something to make life decent and careworthy; give each family three acres of land, and the English Government will cure this wretched and debasing incontinence.
The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents
The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).
- The objective is to make life easier for male colleagues and customers with urinary incontinence.
The neighborhood
- antonymcontinence
- antonymchastityantonym(s) of “lack of self-restraint”
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for incontinence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA