ADJ
total | relative | male | political, sexual
PHRASES
a feeling/sense of impotence
She felt a deep sense of impotence when she couldn't help her struggling friend.
noun
Powerlessness; incapacity.
Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness
O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!
Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
noun — the quality of lacking strength or power
noun — an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
Excessive drinking is one of the causes of impotence.
Smoking can cause impotence.
Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.
The risk of impotence increases with age.