disablement

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From disable + -ment.

And at the same moment a passionate rebellion against weakness and disablement arose in him. — Robert Elsmere, Humphry, Mrs. Ward
I wanted now to study the conditions of modern industrialism at its sources, and my disablement did but a little accelerate a return already decided upon. — The Passionate Friends, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
This Sergeant Bloxham, being senior of the surviving soldiers, and a very worthy man in his way, but a trifle over-zealous, had succeeded to the captaincy upon his master's disablement. — Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

disability, handicap, impairment

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