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usually uncountable, plural impotences
Powerlessness; incapacity. quotations examples
O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 12, line 52
Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc. examples