Impuissance

Quick meaning: Impuissance is a noun meaning Impotence, weakness.

Meaning

Impotence, weakness.

Example Sentences

[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.

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.

Word Forms

• impuissances

Synonyms for impuissance

Depending on context, synonyms include weakness, helplessness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include helplessness, weakness, impotence, unpower, strengthlessness, impotent.

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