1. (n.) The quality or condition of being sterile.

2. (n.) Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.

aridity asepsis barrenness birth control bloodlessness characterlessness cleanliness cleanly habits cleanness colorlessness contraception daintiness deadness dearth dismalness dragginess dreariness dry womb dryness dullness dustiness effeteness emptiness etiolation family planning famine fastidiousness flatness freshness heaviness hollowness hospital cleanliness immaculacy immaculateness impotence inanity ineffectualness inexcitability infecundity infertility insipidity insipidness jejunity leadenness lifelessness lowness of spirit paleness pallor planned parenthood pointlessness pokiness ponderousness pureness purity slowness solemnity spiritlessness spotlessness stainlessness sterileness stiffness stodginess stuffiness superficiality tastelessness tediousness tidiness unfertileness unfruitfulness uninterestingness unliveliness unproductiveness unspottedness vapidity vapidness whiteness withered loins woodenness