impotence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impotence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impotence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impotence n the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble Synonym(s): powerlessness, impotence, impotency Antonym(s): power, powerfulness an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate Synonym(s): impotence, impotency Antonym(s): potence, potency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impotence \Im"potence\, Impotency \Im"potency\, 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.