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1. The power or right to give orders or make decisions
   "a place of potency in the state"
   - authority, authorization, authorisation [Brit], dominance, say-so
    
2. Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
   "the toxin's potency"
   - effectiveness, strength
    
3. The inherent capacity for coming into being
   - potential, potentiality
    
4. The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
   - potence

Derived forms: potencies

See also: impotent, potent, potential

Type of: control, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, possibility, possibleness, power, powerfulness

Antonym: impotency

Encyclopedia: Potency