incontinence

The involuntary loss of urine or faeces, which tends to occur when intra-abdominal pressure is increased, such as during coughing. It is common in children, particularly in the form of bedwetting at night (nocturnal eneuresis). It also affects the elderly due to a loss of tone in the muscular rings (sphincters) that control the passage of urine and faeces from the bladder and bowel; these muscles may also be damaged by childbirth. Treatment may involve muscle strengthening exercises, dietary changes, drugs, or surgery.

a want of continence or self-restraint") is often used by philosophers to translate the Greek term Akrasia

Incontinence refers to the lack of voluntary control of excretory functions; This was sometimes used a form of birth control (An example would be the Oneida Community, which practiced Free Love and this form of birth control).

Urinary incontinence, the involuntary excretion of urine Fecal incontinence, the inability to control one's bowels

Incontinent is an album of experimental 1980s electronic music by the music group Fad Gadget.