incontinent
adjective
unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
incontinency
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a word derived from
incontinent.
Example Sentences
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The incontinency of his wife contributed to wean his soul from all earthly ties.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
Harassed and chained down as he was, the councils of Anse, Clermont, Dijon, Autun, Poietiers, and Lyons were thundering against simony and incontinency.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
Now this is a mark of "incontinency" in pleasurable matters, and of "effeminacy" or "squeamishness" in unpleasant matters, according to Ethic. vii, 1.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
William James, for incontinency, was ſentenced to be ſet in the bilboes at Boſton and Salem, and bound in 20l.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
For the motion of the mind to any injustice, or incontinency, or to sorrow, or to fear, is nothing else but a separation from nature.
From Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
