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impotence

noun/ˈɪmpətəns/

What It Means

Powerlessness; incapacity.

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

Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness

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From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

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