Ability and Liability

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Liability and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Liability" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Liability noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

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Ability and liability are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Liability".

Nearby Word: liable

high	high ability	high liability
physical	physical ability	physical liability
full	full ability	full liability
single	single ability	single liability
Other adjectives: active, actual, real, useless, flying.

Nikki's ability to teleport would be good if she could control when it happened or where she went, but as is, is nothing but a liability.

Source: What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?
Poor brain-fried River is a serious liability for most of the series, although there's a creepy savant-ish ability with a pistol in one episode, and intimidating cunning in another.

Source: Lets Get Dangerous / Live-Action TV
Until, of course his all-consuming job destroyed him emotionally and mentally, breaking down his ability to determine morality, and eventually made him a liability and he had to be decommissioned.

Source: Series / Spooks aka: MI 5

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