POTENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse

Synonyms:

potence; potency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("potence" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Antonym:

impotence (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)

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