IMPAIRMENT


Meaning of IMPAIRMENT in English

-a(a)](ə)rmənt, -e], ]əm-\ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English empeirment, from Middle French empeirement, from Old French, from empeirier, to impair + -ment — more at impair

: the act of impairing or the state of being impaired : injury

physical and mental diseases and impairments of man — Current Biography

: deterioration

any impairment … of his bodily vigor through sickness or age — J.G.Frazer

: lessening

an impairment of the pain

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