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noun
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: medical model of disability
Synonyms: handicap
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: disabledness, incapacity
Antonyms: ability, able-bodiedness
noun
A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: social model of disability
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: handicap
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An inability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: impotence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: disqualification
Antonyms: capacity, competency, qualification
noun
A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
A duty to refrain from altering a person's legal relations; correlative of an immunity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: jurisprudence
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: disqualification
Antonyms: capacity, competency, qualification
noun
Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
Synonyms: disability benefits
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: disablement, handicap, impairment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfitness, softness
Narrower terms: bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara, anorgasmia, dysphasia, disability of walking, astasia, amputation, hearing impairment, hearing disorder, dysomia, visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder, prolapse, prolapsus, descensus, hypoesthesia, hypesthesia, knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga, pigeon toes, bow legs, bandy legs, disintegration
History
Circa 1570 disable + -ity.
Across languages
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
