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in·continence \(ˈ)in, ən+\ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin incontinentia, from incontinent-, incontinens + -ia -y 1. : lack of restraint : inability or disinclination to resist desire or impulse; especially : salaciousness, dissoluteness < fell into a life of sexual and alcoholic incontinence > 2. : inability to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily |