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Webster 1913 Edition
Disqualification
Dis-qualˊi-fi-ca′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability;
as, the
. disqualification
of men for holding certain offices2.
That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit;
as, conviction of crime is a
disqualification
of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification
for labor.I must still retain the consciousness of those
disqualifications
which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disqualification
DISQUALIFICATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of disqualifying; or that which disqualifies; that which renders unfit, unsuitable or inadequate; as, sickness is a disqualification for labor or study.2.
The act of depriving of legal power or capacity; that which renders incapable; that which incapacitates in law; disability. Conviction of a crime is a disqualification for office.3.
Want of qualification. It is used in this sense, though improperly. In strictness, disqualification implies a previous qualification; but careless writers use it for the want of qualification, where no previous qualification is supposed. Thus, I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications, which you have been pleased to overlook.Definition 2024
disqualification
disqualification
English
Noun
disqualification (plural disqualifications)
- The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
- That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.
- (basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
Translations
act of disqualifying
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