'Impotency' definitions:

Definition of 'impotency'

From: WordNet
noun
The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble [syn: powerlessness, impotence, impotency] [ant: power, powerfulness]
noun
An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate [syn: impotence, impotency] [ant: potence, potency]

Definition of 'Impotency'

From: GCIDE
  • Impotence \Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [L. impotenia inability, poverty, lack of moderation. See Impotent.]
  • 1. The quality or condition of being impotent; lack of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. [1913 Webster]
  • Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
  • O, impotence of mind in body strong! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Lack of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Law & Med.) Lack of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness; specifically, in males: the inability to achieve or sustain a penile erection; erectile dysfunction. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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