Origin: Latin suffix -ence
Impotence has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
"The old knight struggled to lift his shield, overcome by a sudden impotence that left him unable to defend himself against the charging enemy."
Powerlessness; incapacity.
"After years of political scandals, the senator found himself in a state of complete impotence when he could not pass his own legislation."