Impotence

Excessive drinking is one of the causes of impotence.

The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.

Smoking can cause impotence.

Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.

The risk of impotence increases with age.

A man should be able to make a mistress of his wife. The addiction for variety is certainly a sign of impotence.

Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness

O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!