incontinencen.
/ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/ 1. Want of continence or self-restraint; inability to contain or retain:
a. With reference to the bodily appetites, esp. the sexual passion: Unchastity.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun]
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unchasteness1530
dishonesty1535
immorality?1566
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inchastity1590
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. vii. 5 Eft turne ȝe aȝen in to the same thing, lest Sathanas tempte ȝou for ȝoure incontynence.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiv. 161 Often tyme..the gode Dyamande lesethe his vertue, be synne and for Incontynence of him that berethe it.
1533 T. More Apol. ix, in Wks. 866/1 I doe not allowe, but obhorre incontinence in sacred professed persones.
1630 P. Massinger Renegado iv. ii. sig. I2v Any Virgin..conuicted of corporall loosenesse, and incontinence.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 699 Such London is, by taste and wealth proclaim'd The fairest capital of all the world, By riot and incontinence the worst.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 169 Handsome youths are admonished by Pindar to beware of lawlessness and shun incontinence.
b. In general sense. (Const. of.)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun]
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unmethelOE
overdeeda1200
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recolagea1400
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intemperacy?1541
untemperance?1541
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excess1552
immoderateness1569
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inordinancya1617
immoderation1640
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incontinency1715
extravaganza1754
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unmeasuredness1864
1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 163 He who labours under an incontinence of speech, seldom gets the better of his complaint.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. I. v. 202 His laughter would follow his tears with a happy incontinence.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. iii. 60 [They] do not waste themselves by incontinence of tongue.
1881 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes i. xviii Transparent as crystal, that shows In its babbling incontinence all that it knows.
2. Pathology. Lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation, esp. incontinence of urine (= Latin incontinentia urinæ, in Pliny.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > incontinence
incontinence1754
incontinency1769
1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 162 The woman commonly labours under an incontinence of urine.
1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 229 Incontinence, like retention, is a symptom, and not a disease.
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