Incapacitation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Full definition of incapacitation

Noun

1. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
• 1822, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb, LXVIII. To Wordsworth. March 20:I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry.
• 2006 Dec. 14, Karen Tumulty, "Johnson's Illness Puts Control of the Senate in Doubt," Time: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.

Synonyms

• disablement