disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
(noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; “reading disability”; “hearing impairment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disability (usually uncountable, plural disabilities)
State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
• Disability and 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.
• disqualification
• impotence
• inability
• incapacity
• incompetency
• incompetence
• weakness
• ability
• capacity
• competence
• competency
• potence
• potential
• qualification
• strength
Source: Wiktionary
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.
– 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
