-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