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disabilities 音标拼音: [dɪsəb'ɪlətiz] [dɪsəb'ɪlɪtiz] disability \ dis` a* bil" i* ty\, n.; pl. { Disabilities}. 1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency. [ 1913 Webster] The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture. -- Abbott. Syn: Weakness; inability; incompetence; impotence; incapacity; incompetency; disqualification. Usage: -- { Disability}, { Inability}. Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements. [ 1913 Webster]
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