Disqualification

1. (n.) The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetence; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

2. (n.) 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.

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