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incapacitation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
   • I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry. 1822, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb, LXVIII. To Wordsworth. March 20
   • The incapacitation of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson has put all eyes in Washington on what is normally a little-noticed Senate vote now scheduled for Jan. 4. 2006 December 14, Karen Tumulty, “Johnson's Illness Puts Control of the Senate in Doubt”, in Time:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. ▸ The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.
   • Order-maintenance proponents affirmatively promote youth curfews, anti-gang loitering ordinances, and order-maintenance crackdowns as milder alternatives to the theory of incapacitation and increased incarceration. 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:

Forms

Synonyms

disablement

Translations (1)

pl ubezwłasnowolnienie (The act of incapacitating or the state of being incapacitated)