impossibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun incapability of existing or occurring
    impossibleness.
  2. noun an alternative that is not available
    impossible action.

WordNet

Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilité.
Wordforms
plural Impossibilities
Definitions
  1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
    They confound difficulty with impossibility. South.
  2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured.
    Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. Cowley.
  3. Inability; helplessness. R. Latimer.

Webster 1913