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Meaning of 'disability' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disability [ n.]
- State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
- Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Meaning of 'disability' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disability [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
Example in sentence:
  • hearing impairment;
  • reading disability

Nearby Words:

dis dis- disabilities disable disabled disablement disabling disabuse disabused disabusing

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