'Disqualification' definitions:

Definition of 'disqualification'

(from WordNet)
noun
Unfitness that bars you from participation
noun
The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified

Definition of 'Disqualification'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'disqualification'

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