Disability and Liability

Disability

Disability noun - The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.

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

Nearby Words: disabled, disablement

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

Usage example: a retired football player whose chief asset—his prodigious girth—has now become a liability

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

Nearby Word: liable

physical	physical disability	physical liability
due	due disability	due liability
obvious	obvious disability	obvious liability
actual	actual disability	actual liability
Other adjectives: real, massive, serious, huge, major.

Also, just because someone has a disability doesn't mean they are a liability, and we should give them a chance and support them in their attempts to overcome their obstacles, not holding them back from doing so.

Source: Western Animation / Finding Dory

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