INCONTINENCIES
Noun
incontinencies
plural of incontinency
Source: Wiktionary
INCONTINENCY
In*con"ti*nence, In*con"ti*nen*cy, n. Etym: [L. incontinentia: cf. F.
incontinence.]
1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain;
the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence;
failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust;
lewdness.
That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 1 Cor. vii. 5.
From the rash hand of bold incontinence. Milton.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the
natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as,
incontinence of urine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition