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noun
debilitation, debility, defenselessness, failure, feebleness, forcelessness, helplessness, imbecillitas, impotency, impuissance, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, infirmitas, insufficiency, lack of power, lack of strength, powerlessness, strengthlessness, unfitness, weakness
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desuetude, detriment, disability (physical inability), fault (weakness), frailty, impuissance, inability, inaction, incapacity, inefficacy, languor, prostration
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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A man's inability to copulate. Impotence can be grounds for annulment of a marriage if the condition existed at the time of the marriage and is grounds for divorce in some states.Category: Divorce & Family Law → Divorce, Child Support & Custody
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n.the male's inability to copulate. Impotence can be grounds for annulment of a marriage if the condition existed at the time of the marriage and grounds for divorce whenever it occurs under the laws of 26 states. It should not be confused with sterility, which means inability to produce children.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.