Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impuissance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impuissance \Im*pu"is*sance\, n. [Cf. F. impuissance.]
Lack of power; inability. --Bacon.
Their own impuissance and weakness. --Holland.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impuissance
n : powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of
their weakness the group remains highly active" [syn: {helplessness},
{weakness}]
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