Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Impairment \Im*pair"ment\, n. [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.]
The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury. "The
impairment of my health." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impairment
n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: {damage},
{harm}, {impairment}]
2: a symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn:
{deterioration}, {impairment}]
3: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of
physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing
impairment" [syn: {disability}, {disablement}, {handicap},
{impairment}]
4: damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
5: the act of making something futile and useless (as by
routine) [syn: {stultification}, {constipation},
{impairment}, {deadening}]
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