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Incontinently

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in·con·ti·nent  (n-knt-nnt)
adj.
1. Not restrained; uncontrolled: incontinent rage.
2. Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.
3. Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin incontinns, incontinent-, unrestrained : in-, not; see in-1 + continns, continent; see continent2.]
in·conti·nent·ly adv.


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