different between disablement vs affliction
disablement
English
Etymology
disable +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?e?b?l.m?nt/
Noun
disablement (countable and uncountable, plural disablements)
- (formal) The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.
- The world would change if countries agreed to the disablement of all nuclear weapons.
Synonyms
- incapacitation
Related terms
- disable
Translations
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affliction
English
Etymology
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere. See afflict.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?k??n/
- Hyphenation: af?flic?tion
Noun
affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)
- A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
- She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere.
Pronunciation
Noun
affliction f (plural afflictions)
- (countable and uncountable) affliction
Further reading
- “affliction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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