puissance
[noun]
Synonyms: power, energy, force, might, muscle, potency, sinew, strength, vigor, virtue

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Antonyms: impuissance
Contrasted words: powerlessness, weakness
Related Words: clout, influence, sway

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puissance noun

1. Puissance
   [singular] a competition in showjumping to test a horse’s ability to jump high fencesTopics

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2. [uncountable] (literary) great power or influence
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, ‘power’, from puissant ‘having power’, from Latin posse ‘be able’. Sense 1 dates from the 1950s.

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