disability
nounattested in dialogue
- //dɪsəˈbɪlɪti//
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
noun
- 1
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
people with disabilities
Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. The King himself intervened by a letter[…]Chatham yielded to such persuasion; though suffering from a universal tremor.
- 2
The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
While physical and sensory disability is usually identified by asking a subject what he or she can or cannot do (with or without assistance), cognitive disability is assessed with a test such as a mental status questionnaire (MSQ).
- 3
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.
- 4
obsoleteAn inability.
Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.
- 5
A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
- 6
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.
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informalRegular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
I had to go on disability after the accident.
Did you get your disability this month?
Etymology
Circa 1570 disable + -ity.
Forms
- plural
- disabilities
disability · A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
disable · To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.disabled · Made incapable of use or action.disadvantage · A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.