Definition of disability

dis`a`bil´i`ty
n.1.State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability.
- Bancroft.
2.Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.


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