Meaning of Incapacitation | Babel Free
ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃənDefinitions
- The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
- The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.
Equivalents
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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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