disqualification

Plural: disqualifications

Noun

• unfitness that bars you from participation
• the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
• The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
• That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
• The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.

Examples

• "Conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office."
• "Henry won the match due to the disqualification of his opponent."
• "Sickness is a disqualification for labor."
• "the disqualification of certain people for holding certain positions"

Synonyms

fouling out