Disqualification

Disqualification
Disqualification Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n. 1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices. [1913 Webster]

2. 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. [1913 Webster]

I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. --Sir J. Shore. [1913 Webster]


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