IMPOTENCE

powerlessness, impotence, impotency

(noun) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

impotence, impotency

(noun) an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)

Powerlessness; incapacity.

Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

Source: Wiktionary

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Im"po*tence, Im"po*ten*cy, n. Etym: [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of moderation. See Impotent.]

1. The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! Milton.

2. Want of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] Milton.

3. (Law & Med.)

Definition: Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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