| Main Entry: | helplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disability |
Synonyms: |
convalescence, disorder, poor health, weakness |
| Main Entry: | helplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incompetence |
Synonyms: |
failure, inability, incapacity, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
Synonyms: |
attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
Antonyms: |
independence, subtraction, want |
| Main Entry: | impotence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, infirmity, powerlessness |
| Notes: | impotence is the male's inability to copulate or get an erection; sterility is the inability of either a male or female to procreate |
| Main Entry: | incapability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, infirmity, powerlessness, uselessness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | ineffectiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectualness, inefficacy, infirmity, powerlessness, uselessness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | ineffectualness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, infirmity, powerlessness, uselessness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | inefficacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, infirmity, powerlessness, uselessness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | powerlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, infirmity, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | uselessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, infirmity |