incontinency

{ } n. [ L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; lack of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 1 Cor. vii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the rash hand of bold incontinence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, especially urination, or defecation, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine. [ 1913 Webster ]