INCONTINENCE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

incontinence

noun

Definition of incontinence

as in excess

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Recent Examples of incontinence Leaking Pee Urinary incontinence is common in the postpartum period, with nearly a third of women experiencing it. — Parents, 25 Aug. 2026 Surgery, called a prostatectomy, has a longer recovery time, and causes initial incontinence in nearly all patients; though most regain bladder control within a year, 5% to 10% can experience permanent incontinence. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026 In years past, says Suk, ads for the incontinence product would have shown up largely in traditional news and cable programming, and some will continue to do so. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026 Strive Medical serves more than 20,000 patients annually and specializes in urology, wound care, ostomy, and incontinence products. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for incontinence

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Noun

Trump is right to want to tame inequality, scale back some of the excesses of globalization, and secure supply chains of critical goods.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
In the 40 years since, every facet of Spacemen 3’s story has been turned over and generously embellished, resulting in an excess of grandeur and foresight projected onto the duo at the heart of it.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of excess

Noun

This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year in our great nation and especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once-wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year, especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026

Definition of licentiousness

Noun

Rather, the term has come to stand for a range of attributes—intemperance, ordinariness, outsiderness, likability, spontaneity—that aren’t especially related philosophically, either to authenticity or to one another.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 June 2026
The power to issue absolute pardons, explicitly stipulated in the founding document, has been exploited with bipartisan intemperance.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of intemperance

Noun

The excessiveness of Ken Russell, Joe Coleman, Tasha Tudor, clowns, migraines, Priscilla Presley, and the Winchester Mystery House.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
This excessiveness can hinder critical knowledge building because of the sheer amount of information that can be accessed simultaneously at any time.

— Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

Definition of excessiveness

Noun

In this wildness of abjection, trans poetics offered me a language upon which my future reflection could lean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
And this column is eternally grateful for his help in getting us through another day of quadrupleheader weirdness and wildness.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of wildness

Noun

But the indulgence with which Russell presents the acrobatic pandemonium of the nuns’ possession has purpose.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
That mindset reflects a growing interest in experiential dining, affordable indulgences and making time for yourself.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of indulgence

Noun

The painting’s joyful casualness belies its subject matter, clues to which can be found in the coyote on one of the men’s shirts and in the work’s title, Uncle’s Crossing (2022).

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
For most, though, the dress is business casual, matching the growing casualness of their behavior in the box over the course of long sessions.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of casualness

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