Meaning of Incapacitation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
   countable, uncountable
2. The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“I dare not whisper⟳ to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have⟳ sucked me dry.”

“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.”

“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.”

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