disablement

noun

Definition of disablementnext
1
as in disability

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2
as in impotence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disablement
  1. disability
  2. impotence
  3. impairment
  4. debility
  5. exhaustion
  6. injury
  7. infirmity
  8. harm
Noun
  • While the landscape is abundant in expert trainers, societal awareness is still lacking, calling for comprehensive solutions that truly empower people with disabilities.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • According to the Wall Street Journal, volunteers for Tiny Tim’s workshop include retirees, people with disabilities, Boy Scouts and even inmates who work on the wooden vehicles at Central Utah Correctional Facility.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of disability
Noun
  • At the moment, Labuschagne's batting is suffering through impotence.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • But Harrelson capably channels his character’s impotence, unable to suppress his shame that his wife is becoming the breadwinner by writing catchy jingles.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
Definition of impotence
Noun
  • The company recorded an impairment charge of $15,678 related to certain patent applications.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The sheriff's office said no impairment is suspected and all parties are cooperating with law enforcement.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of impairment
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.
    Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Definition of debility
Noun
  • The probe comes after a 114-page report, released earlier this year by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), found that exhaustion, burnout and an overall lack of sleep for controllers — particularly during evening shifts — has hindered safety and led to accidents.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Negotiations are just another tool to improve one’s political position; the objective, as with military operations, remains the enemy’s subjugation, or at least its exhaustion.
    Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhaustion
Noun
  • Three other students and one teacher suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This is particularly important after someone has suffered various forms of brain injury that result in part of the brain no longer working.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of injury
Noun
  • His zeal seemed even stranger when juxtaposed with a sensible approach to my own infirmities.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But the infirmities plaguing India’s political opposition are legion.
    Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021
Definition of infirmity
Noun
  • The accounts of organizations promoting drug harm reduction and social media personalities who post content about drugs and psychedelics, but who do not sell them, are being caught in the crossfire of efforts to get a grip on the issue.
    Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
  • All of these shifts, in turn, have led some observers and regulators to prioritize harm avoidance over unfettered expression.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of harm
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“Disablement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disablement. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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