INCON'TINENT, a. L. incontinens. Not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite indulging lust without restraint or in violation of law unchaste lewd.
1. Unable to restrain discharges.
In the sense of immediate or immediately,obs.
INCON'TINENT, n. One who is unchaste.
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