English noun: impotence | 
| 1.  | impotence (attribute) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | 
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  | Synonyms | impotency, powerlessness | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | quality | 
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  | Narrower (hyponym) | helplessness, impuissance, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, paper tiger, uninterestingness, unpersuasiveness, voicelessness, weakness | 
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  | Antonyms | power, powerfulness | 
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| 2.  | impotence (state) an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | 
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  | Synonyms | impotency | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | infertility, sterility | 
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  | Narrower (hyponym) | ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction | 
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  | Antonyms | potence, potency | 
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