disability

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Synonyms: visability, disibility, liability, durability, viability, disutility, inability, visibility, risibility, usability, likability

Antonyms: visability, disibility, liability, durability, viability, disutility, inability, visibility, risibility, usability, likability

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|medical model}}{{lb|en|countable|{{w|medical model of disability}}}} A [[condition]] characterised by a [[significant]] [[limitation]] in a person's [[physical]] or [[intellectual]] [[power]]s or [[ability]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[state]] of having such a condition; the state of being [[disabled]].
3. A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
4. {{senseid|en|social model}}{{lb|en|countable|{{w|social model of disability}}}} A [[limitation]] in [[function]] (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their [[impairment]]s (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's [[inaccessibility]] that sometimes fails to [[accommodate]] their needs.
5. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} An [[inability]].
6. {{lb|en|countable|law}} A [[lack]] of [[legal]] [[qualification]] to do something; legal [[incapacity]] or [[incompetency]].
7. {{lb|en|uncountable|informal}} Regular payments received by a [[disabled]] person, usually from the state.

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