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Incapacitation

//ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. countable, uncountable

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

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

    "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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