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Incontinency

Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.

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Elimination 76% connected

The act of expelling or throwing off

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Evacuation 76% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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Excreting 76% connected

of Excrete

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Excretion 76% connected

The act of excreting.

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Voiding 76% connected

of Void

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Enuresis 76% connected

An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

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Incontinent 74% connected

Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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Incontinent 74% connected

Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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Incontinence 92% connected

Alt. of Incontinency

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Abelonian noun · 78% connection

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the ma…

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Abstain verb · 78% connection

To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with f…

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Abstemious adjective · 78% connection

Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite…

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Abstinent adjective · 78% connection

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.

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Animal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the ani…

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Carnal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opp…

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

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Contain verb · 78% connection

To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

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Continency noun · 78% connection

The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appet…

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

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Curb verb · 78% connection

To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in ch…

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Deafness noun · 78% connection

Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of…

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Debauchery noun · 78% connection

Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.

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Disability noun · 78% connection

Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

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Exorbitant adjective · 78% connection

Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established…

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Fleshliness noun · 78% connection

The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.

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Free-liver noun · 78% connection

One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.

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Free-living noun · 78% connection

Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.

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