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Disablement

Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

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Amputation 76% connected

The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

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Bowleg 76% connected

A crooked leg.

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Disintegration 76% connected

The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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Knock-knee 76% connected

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

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Prolapse 76% connected

The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.

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Prolapsus 76% connected

Prolapse.

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Softness 76% connected

The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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Disable 74% connected

Lacking ability; unable.

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Disable 74% connected

Lacking ability; unable.

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Synonym 3

Disability 92% connected

State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Handicap 92% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impairment 92% connected

The state of being impaired; injury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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