incontinency

Etymology

From Middle English incontinency, from Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinence.

noun

  1. Synonym of incontinence.“Withdꝛawe not youre ſelves one from another excepte itt be with conſent foꝛ a tyme ⸝ foꝛ to geve youre ſelves to faſtynge and pꝛayer ⸝ and afterwarde come agayne to the ſame thynge ⸝ leſt Satan tempt you foꝛ youre incontinency.”