Antonyms of noun impotency

1 of 2 senses of impotency

Sense 2
impotence, impotency -- (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)
       Antonym of potency (Sense 4)
      => potency, potence -- (the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun impotency

2 senses of impotency

Sense 1
powerlessness, impotence, impotency -- (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)
       => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare)

Sense 2
impotence, impotency -- (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)
       => sterility, infertility -- (the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate)

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