DISABLEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disablement mean? 

• DISABLEMENT (noun)
  The noun DISABLEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

  Familiarity information: DISABLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISABLEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment

Context example:

hearing impairment

Hypernyms ("disablement" is a kind of...):

softness; unfitness (poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disablement"):

bandy leg; bandyleg; bow leg; bowleg; genu varum; tibia vara (a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee))

anorgasmia (absence of an orgasm in sexual relations)

dysphasia (an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage)

disability of walking (a disability that interferes with or prevents walking)

astasia (inability to stand due to muscular incoordination)

amputation (a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs)

hearing disorder; hearing impairment (impairment of the sense of hearing)

dysomia (impairment of the sense of smell)

vision defect; visual defect; visual disorder; visual impairment (impairment of the sense of sight)

descensus; prolapse; prolapsus (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))

hypesthesia; hypoesthesia (impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity)

genu valgum; knock-knee; tibia valga (an inward slant of the thigh)

pigeon toes (disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee)

bandy legs; bow leg; bow legs (outward curvature of the legs)

disintegration (a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system)

Derivation:

disable (injure permanently)

disable (make unable to perform a certain action)

 Context examples 

Like his first attack, his second had been accompanied by serious disablement.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)