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  1. 1. n. Alt. of Impotency Source: opted
  2. 2. n. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness. Source: webster
  5. 5. n:100 n. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate Source: ecdict

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