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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7 words match “DISABILITY”

DISABILITY n. 2 definitions
bilities to perform what was covenanted. Milton. Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. Bancroft.
ALIENISM n.
legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.
DISQUALIFICATION n.
ct of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
PENSION n.
sideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like. To all that kept the…
REGENCY n.
t; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability. A council or regency consisting of twelve persons. Lowth.
REGENT n.
invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
RETIRED a.
Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.