Impotence
Pronunciation : Im"po*tence, Im"po*ten*cy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of moderation. See Impotent.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913