incapacitation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

incapacitation (countable and uncountable, plural incapacitations)

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 December 14, Karen Tumulty, “Johnson's Illness Puts Control of the Senate in Doubt”, in 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.

   1. (law enforcement) The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.
      • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:

        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.

Synonyms

• disablement

Translations

The act of incapacitating or the state of being incapacitated

Polish: ubezwłasnowolnienie (pl) n