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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impuissance  \Im*pu"is*sance\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  impuissance.] 
  Lack  of  power;  inability.  --Bacon. 
 
  Their  own  impuissance  and  weakness.  --Holland. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impuissance 
  n  :  powerlessness  revealed  by  an  inability  to  act  "in  spite  of 
  their  weakness  the  group  remains  highly  active"  [syn:  {helplessness}, 
  {weakness}] 




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