disablement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

disablement
    n 1: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence
         of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability";
         "hearing impairment" [syn: {disability}, {disablement},
         {handicap}, {impairment}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disablement \Dis*a"ble*ment\, n.
   Deprivation of ability; incapacity. --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]