disability
/dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability; The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled
- plural
- disabilities
Meanings
- 1
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability
Tom has a learning disability.
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Tom helps children with learning disabilities.
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- 2
The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled
- 3
A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needsrare
- 4
An inabilityrare
- 5
A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetencyrare
- 6
A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.; A duty to refrain from altering a person's legal relations; correlative of an immunityrare
- 7
Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the staterare