Associations to the word «Incontinent»

Wiktionary

INCONTINENT, adjective. (often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
INCONTINENT, adjective. Lacking the ability to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urination or defecation.
INCONTINENT, adjective. Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
INCONTINENT, adjective. Unrestrained or unceasing.
INCONTINENT, noun. (obsolete) One who is unchaste.

Dictionary definition

INCONTINENT, adjective. Not having control over urination and defecation.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne