Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Incapacity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Incapacity \In`ca*pac"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incapacities}. [Cf. F.
incapacit['e].]
1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power;
inability.

2. (Law) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give,
transmit, or receive something; inability;
disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make
binding contracts, etc.

Syn: Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness;
disqualification; disability.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

incapacity
n 1: lack of intellectual power [ant: {capacity}]
2: lack of physical or natural qualifications [ant: {capacity}]


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