disability

Meanings

Plural: disabilities

Noun

• the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
  • "reading disability"
• A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
• The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
• 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.
• Inability.
• Lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
• Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

Synonyms

disability benefits, disabledness, disablement, disqualification, handicap, impairment, impotence, incapacity

Antonyms

ability, able-bodiedness, capacity, competency, qualification

Related Words

disable, disabled, disablism