disability

  1. Noun.  State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
  2. Noun.  Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
  3. Noun.  (rfd-redundant) The combination of a physical or intellectual impairment of an individual and the social attitudes and environment that prevents a person from living a full, normal life or from performing his/her normal job.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

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