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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impotence \Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [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.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also sometimes sterility; barrenness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impotence n 1: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble [syn: {powerlessness}, {impotency}] [ant: {power}] 2: an inability (usually of a male) to copulate [syn: {impotency}]
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