noun
Meaning 1
impotence
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
impotency
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: powerlessness, impotence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: helplessness, weakness, impuissance, unpersuasiveness, uninterestingness, voicelessness, paper tiger, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality
noun
Meaning 3
an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impotence
Antonyms: potency
Broader terms: sterility, infertility
Narrower terms: erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction, ED
History
Etymology
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