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What is the noun for disability?

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disability
  1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
  2. A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
  3. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
  4. (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Aspirin is known to help reduce the disability caused by a stroke and to prevent further strokes.”
      “That individual may not necessarily be able to work at other jobs, and hence there would be some disability in being able to function on the open labor market.”
      “An accident of birth like ethnic origins, or an illness or disability or sexual preference, have been endowed with tremendous significance.”
disablism
disabled
  1. One who is disabled (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular).
  2. Synonyms:
disablement
  1. (formal) The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Inclusion of personal accident benefits covers death and permanent disablement of the insured.”
      “In the case of air defense or offensive military equipment, waiting until friendly forces are engaged is too late to confirm disablement.”
      “Fortunately doctors were able to save him from any permanent disablement but there is no doubt in the mind of the jury what your intention was.”
disableness
  1. The state or quality of being disable.
disabler
  1. One who, or that which, disables.
disableism
  1. Alternative form of disablism
disabledness
  1. The state of being disabled.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The recognition of disabledness has increased and, moreover, it has become one of the diversity criteria used by governments in making public policy.”
disablements
disabilities
  1. plural of disability
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Most sites and programs in the park are accessible to persons with disabilities.”
      “Some disabilities, such as severe autism, can profoundly limit the academic achievement of students.”
      “The board gave the city until December 1 to fix problems with the library's accessibility to people with disabilities.”
disableds
disablers
  1. plural of disabler
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