Able and Disabled

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Able adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.

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Disabled is an antonym for able.

Nearby Word: ability

Disabled adjective - Deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities.

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Able is an antonym for disabled in incapacitated topic.

If the character starts out able-bodied, but becomes disabled during the course of the story.

Source: Disabled Character, Disabled Actor
If the character, regardless of when in the story he or she becomes disabled, is able-bodied by the end.

Source: Disabled Character, Disabled Actor
In the second one, instead of the group's healer being able to heal a group member who had been disabled in a fight, for someone using a crack, only a paid healer would be able to heal those characters.

Source: Cool and Unusual Punishment

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Disabled and Able. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/able/disabled

Able & Disabled. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/able/disabled>.

Disabled or Able. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/able/disabled.

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