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"involuntary manslaughter" "involuntary servitude" "an involuntary shudder" "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"adjectivenot subject to the control of the willOpposite:
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"involuntary muscles" "gave an involuntary start"adjectivecontrolled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control
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Definition that contains involuntary
- incontinence involuntary urination or defecation
- nystagmus involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
- incontinency involuntary urination or defecation
- tardive dyskinesia involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine
- festination involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)
- encopresis involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness