Disability Definition

dĭsə-bĭlĭ-tē
disabilities
noun
disabilities
A disabled condition.
Webster's New World
The period of such a condition.
Never received a penny during her disability.
American Heritage
That which disables, as an illness, injury, or physical handicap.
Webster's New World
A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area.
American Heritage
A legal disqualification or incapacity.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Disability

Noun

Singular:
disability
Plural:
disabilities

Origin of Disability

  • Circa 1570 disable +‎ -ity.

    From Wiktionary

Disability Sentence Examples

  • This disease causes disability and death.

  • An innocent clerk is under no disability, as he might be by the canon law.

  • In others, mental illness can cause long-term disability.

  • He's not disabled, so we can't pay disability.

  • Under the present constitution they are "fully emancipated from all disability on account of coverture," and are placed on an equality with their husbands in acquiring and disposing of property and in making contracts relative thereto.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

YTYITY

Unscrambles

disability

Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

Starts With D & Ends With YStarts With DI & Ends With YStarts With D & Ends With TY

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With D10 Letter Words Ending With Y