DISABILITY

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

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Etymology

Noun

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• disqualification

• impotence

• inability

• incapacity

• incompetency

• incompetence

• weakness

Antonyms

• ability

• capacity

• competence

• competency

• potence

• potential

• qualification

• strength

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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