Associations to the word «Helplessness»

Wiktionary

HELPLESSNESS, noun. The state of being helpless.
HELPLESSNESS, noun. A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.

Dictionary definition

HELPLESSNESS, noun. Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active".
HELPLESSNESS, noun. The state of needing help from something.
HELPLESSNESS, noun. A feeling of being unable to manage.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca