US /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
noun Freq #13646

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A physical or mental condition that limits what a person can do.

    The building has ramps for people with disabilities.

  2. 2
    noun

    Regular payments made by the government to a disabled person.

    He had to go on disability after the accident.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a physical or mental... handicapimpairment
2 noun · regular payments made by... disability benefits
Word family
Forms disabilities
Derived forms antidisabilitymultidisabilitiesmultidisabilityneurodisabilitypan-disabilitypredisability
Related forms disabledisableddisablism

Etymology

Circa 1570 disable + -ity.

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