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Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine..

Mancipation :: Mancipation (n.) Slavery; involuntary servitude.

Yawn :: Yawn (n.) An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open..

Involuntary :: Involuntary (a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission..

Unvoluntary :: Unvoluntary (a.) Involuntary.

Imperate :: Imperate (a.) Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded.

Sigh :: Sigh (v. i.) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like..

Nystagmus :: Nystagmus (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..

Habit :: Habit (n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior..

Sneeze :: Sneeze (v. i.) To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose..

Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering..

Spermatorrhoea :: Spermatorrhoea (n.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg..

Delacrymation :: Delacrymation (n.) An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

Involuntariness :: Involuntariness (n.) The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

Chorea :: Chorea (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed..

Automatism :: Automatism (n.) The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter..

Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

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