What does impuissance mean?
Impuissance means Impotence, weakness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Impotence, weakness..
This fault, for a man not to be able to know himselfe betimes, and not to feele the impuissance and extreme alteration, that age doth naturally bring,[…]hath lost the reputation of the most part of the greatest men in the world.
[A]ll which things, bring perill to thoſe that know not how to uſe them well; and neither honour and credit, nor puiſſance, but rather argue their feebleneſse and impuiſſance.
Use impuissance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Impuissance means Impotence, weakness..
Common synonyms include weakness, helplessness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This fault, for a man not to be able to know himselfe betimes, and not to feele the impuissance and extreme alteration, that age doth naturally bring,[…]hath lost the reputation of the most part of the greatest men in the world.
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