n. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
n. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
n. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of depriving a male of the functions which characterize the sex; castration.
n. The act of depriving of vigor or strength; specifically, the act of eliminating or altering parts of a literary work in such a manner as to deprive it of its original force or vividness.
n. The state of being emasculated; effeminacy; unmanly weakness.
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n. loss of power and masculinity
n. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
Word Usage
"In his address Miller lamented what he called the emasculation of the province's powers and role with regard to local government."