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 incontinēns, incontinent-, unrestrained : in-, not; see IN-1 + continēns, continent; see CONTINENT2.] in·conti·nent·ly adv. |
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