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Definition of: incontinent
(in·kon′tə·nənt) adjective
1. Not continent; exercising no control over the appetites, especially sexual passion; unchaste.
2. Unrestrained: an incontinent passion.
3. Pathol. Unable to hold back bodily discharges or evacuations.
4. Obs. Immediate.
—adverb Archaic Immediately. [<OF <L incontinens, -entis. See IN-1, CONTINENT.]
—in·con′ti·nence, in·con′ti·nen·cy noun
—in·con′ti·nent·ly adverb
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