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The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.countableuncountable
- I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry.
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The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.; The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.countableuncountable
- 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.
syn. disablement