disablement
Rendered unable to operate
Disablement is the act or process of making someone or something unable to function, or the state of being disabled.
The term appears in legal and insurance contexts: disablement benefits, permanent disablement.
It can refer to physical incapacity or to rendering equipment or systems inoperable: the disablement of the alarm system.
Lack of ability
- debilitationLoss of strength or vitality
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- weaknessDeficiency in force
deficiency · paralysis · deterioration · atrophy · palsy · debility · enfeeblement · invalidity
Lasting psychological wound
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- fractureSplit in hard material
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- concussionBrain injury from impact
accident · dislocation · crushing · severing · maiming · crippling · traumatic · incapacitation
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- rampSloped connecting surface
barrier-free · inclusion · rehabilitation · orthotics · handrails · accessibility
Gains or helpful effects
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
incapacity
Lack of ability
- debilitationLoss of strength or vitality
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
weakness · deficiency · paralysis · deterioration · atrophy · palsy · debility · enfeeblement · invalidity · degeneration
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- fractureSplit in hard material
- woundCoiled, or an injury
concussion · accident · dislocation · crushing · severing · maiming · crippling · traumatic · incapacitation
wheelchair
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
ramp · barrier-free · inclusion · rehabilitation · orthotics · handrails · accessibility
benefits
Gains or helpful effects
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
disablementability
Power to do something
capability · capacity · fitness · soundness · robustness
disablementempowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
enablement · enfranchisement · liberation · agency · autonomy
disablementenablement
Act of making possible
enabling · rehabilitation · restoration · activation · empowering
able, ability, enable, disabled, disable, inability, disability, disabling, disables