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Definitions for: Disability
[n] the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
Webster (1913) Definition: Dis`a*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Disabilities.
1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability;
absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral
power, means, fitness, and the like.
Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was
covenanted. --Milton.
Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability.
--Bancroft.
2. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal
incapacity or incompetency.
The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture.
--Abbott.
Syn: Weakness; inability; incompetence; impotence;
incapacity; incompetency; disqualification.
Usage: -- Disability, Inability. Inability is an inherent
want of power to perform the thing in question;
disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the
needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a
disability of holding his estate; and one who is made
a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may
decline an office on account of his inability to
discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust
or employment on account of some disability prevents
him from entering into such engagements.
Synonyms: disablement, handicap, impairment
See Also: amputation, anorgasmia, astasia, bad condition, bandy legs, bow leg, bow legs, bowleg, descensus, disability of walking, dysomia, genu valgum, genu varum, hearing impairment, hearing loss, hypesthesia, hypoesthesia, knock-knee, pigeon toes, poor shape, prolapse, prolapsus, tibia valga, tibia vara, unfitness, vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment
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