INCONTINENCE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

incontinence

noun

Definition of incontinence

as in excess

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Recent Examples of incontinence The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Weakness in this muscle group becomes increasingly common with age, causing urinary incontinence and other symptoms. — Kiera Carter, Washington Post, 18 June 2026 Originally developed in the late 1940s by gynecologist Arnold Kegel as a noninvasive treatment for urinary incontinence in women, notes Caponero, Kegels involve repeatedly contracting and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 10 June 2026 Research has found that doing pelvic floor exercises can help with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and urinary incontinence, especially after prostate surgery. — Stacey Colino, Time, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for incontinence

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Noun

Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour until well coated on both sides, shaking off any excess.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Las Vegas is known for its neon lights and over-the-top excess.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 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

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
The key to not looking too bundled up is to add a layer that offsets the casualness of the others.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026

Definition of casualness

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