incontinence
31Incontinence, urinary — The unintentional loss of urine. Inability to hold urine in the bladder due to loss of voluntary control over the urinary sphincters resulting in the involuntary passage of urine. One cause of urinary incontinence is an overactive bladder in… …
32incontinence — noun Date: 14th century the quality or state of being incontinent: as a. failure to restrain sexual appetite ; unchastity b. inability of the body to control the evacuative functions of urination or defecation …
33incontinence — See akrasia …
34Incontinence — A word much used in medieval times, meaning a failure of will to control fleshly passions. It is stronger than synonyms such as intemperance , being deemed a sin for which one would be punished. Dante placed the incontinent in an upper part of… …
35incontinence — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, boundlessness, carpe diem, conspicuous consumption, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, cupidity, dissipation,… …
36incontinence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. debauchery, lechery, unrestraint, lack of self control; see deSire 3 , indulgence 3 , lewdness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A complete surrender of inhibitions: abandon, abandonment, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness.… …
37incontinence — in·con·ti·nence || ɪn kÉ‘ntnÉ™ns / kÉ’ntɪn n. lack of self control, lack of restraint; inability to control urination or defecation (Medicine) …
38incontinence — Perte de contrôle des «sphincters», c’est à dire des systèmes d’écluses qui rendent parfaitement étanches la vessie et l’anus. Les «fuites d’urines» chez la femme dans les suites d’accouchements compliqués en sont l’exemple typique et fréquent.… …
39incontinence — n. 1. Non retention, inability to retain. 2. Lewdness, lasciviousness, indulgence of lust …
40incontinence — n 1. licentiousness, libertinism, debauchery, dissoluteness, dolce vita, dissipation, profligacy, profligateness; lechery, lewdness, Pathol. satyriasis, goatishness, Pathol. nymphomania; concupiscence, lust, prurience, pruriency; lustfulness,… …
