incontinence

Meaning

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity.
2. (countable, uncountable) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).

Synonyms

incontinency

dissoluteness

intemperance

self-gratification

frivolity

frivolousness

licentiousness

light-mindedness

meretriciousness

crapulence

promiscuity

sensualism

unchastity

wastefulness

lightsomeness

soiling one’s pants

anal leakage

incontinentia

urinary incontinence

profligacy

debauchery

excess

flippancy

Translations

incontinence

incontinenza

incontinencia

Inkontinenz

incontinentie

incontinência

incontinència

ακράτεια

incontinencia

سلس البول أو الغائط

Unenthaltsamkeit

dissipation

ασωτεία

Unmäßigkeit

ακρατεια

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: incontinence

In summary

From Middle English incontinence, from Old French incontinence, from Latin incontinentia.