In-cŏn’ti-nençe or In-cŏn’ti-nen-çy, n.

n. [Fr. incontinence, Pr. & It. incontinenza, Sp. & Pg. incontinencia, Lat. incontinentia.]

1Sense 1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality of being incontinent; want of restraint of the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. “From the rash hand of bold incontinence.” Milton.

2Sense 2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary.