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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act;
- Example: "in spite of their weakness the group remains active"
[syn: helplessness, weakness, impuissance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impuissance \Im*pu"is*sance\, n. [Cf. F. impuissance.]
   Lack of power; inability. --Bacon.
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         Their own impuissance and weakness.      --Holland.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impuissance
    n 1: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of
         their weakness the group remains active" [syn:
         helplessness, weakness, impuissance]