POTENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potence mean? 

• POTENCE (noun)
  The noun POTENCE has 1 sense:

1. the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse

  Familiarity information: POTENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

potence; potency

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)