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What is the noun for incontinency?

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incontinence
  1. (dated) Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity.
  2. (urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The socialite's lavish party was a display of incontinence, as guests engaged in unrestrained indulgence and excessive behavior throughout the night.”
      “Autonomic dysfunction can cause urinary retention or, less frequently, bladder or bowel incontinence.”
      “Short-term use of anticholinergics or antidiarrheal agents may be effective in combating incontinence associated with diarrhea.”
incontinent
  1. (obsolete) One who is unchaste.
incontinency
  1. incontinence
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The woman is denominated a sinner, because incontinency was her trade and the means of her subsistence.”
      “Yet the suspicion was that people had been there before, and that they had been manufacturers of adult incontinency solutions.”
      “To do so, he got up a charge against her of incontinency with the cook, and put both in confinement.”
incontinences
incontinencies
incontinents
  1. plural of incontinent
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