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incontinence /ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns /noun [mass noun]1Lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation: causes of urinary incontinence...- About 1 out of 3 women has incontinence.
- An estimated 40 million women - and perhaps half as many men - of all ages suffer from incontinence.
- Surgery can be used to treat moderate to severe stress incontinence.
2Lack of self-restraint: the emotional incontinence of modern society...- He was a flawed personality who damaged himself and his family by his sexual incontinence.
- Her human awkwardness and emotional incontinence showed in her every gesture.
- I didn't stutter or display more than my normal tendencies to verbal incontinence, so I'm about as happy as I could reasonably be expected to be.
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