invalidityn.
/ɪnvəˈlɪdɪti/ 1. [Related to invalid adj.1] The quality of being invalid; want of force or cogency; esp. want of legal validity.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness
nullity1543
invalidity?1553
irritancy1681
vitiosity1765
voidness1883
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > inefficacy > lack of force or cogency
invalidity?1553
invalidnessa1631
?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 58 By bringing in question the validitie or invaliditie of this maryage.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. B4v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) To aduertize you of the..inualiditie of your coniectures.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 767 To shew the Invalidity of the Atheistick Argumentations, against an Incorporeal Deity.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4861/2 The Invalidity of their Passports.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §19. 280 Suspicion of the invalidity of the evidence.
1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 553 It was quite unnecessary..to say anything about the validity or invalidity of a rule giving a borrowing power.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun]
unablenessc1380
unabletyc1380
infirmityc1384
unabilityc1475
non-ability1477
inability1500
disability1545
unsufficiency1580
disablement1597
disableness1609
incapacity1611
uncapableness1611
incapability1632
incapableness1632
uncapabilitya1644
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
uncapacity1681
invalidity1698
disable1827
1589 J. Proctor in R. Robinson Golden Mirrour Ep. Ded. sig. A.2v The vnstablenesse and inualiditie of riches in comparison to vertue.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 485 All their helps have an invalidity in them.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 88 The ill managing of which Penalties formerly, or the Invalidity to inflict them, may [etc.].
3.
a. [Related to invalid adj.2] Want of bodily strength or health; condition of being an invalid; bodily infirmity.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun]
unhealc700
untrumnessc897
adleeOE
sicknessc967
cothec1000
unhealthc1000
woe?a1200
ail?c1225
lying?c1225
maladyc1275
unsoundc1275
feebless1297
languora1375
languishc1384
disease1393
aegritudea1400
lamea1400
maleasea1400
soughta1400
wilc1400
malefaction?a1425
firmityc1426
unwholesomenessc1449
ill1450
languenta1500
distemperancea1535
the valley of the shadow of death1535
affect?1537
affection?1541
distemperature1541
inability1547
sickliness1565
languishment1576
cause1578
unhealthfulness1589
crazedness1593
languorment1593
evilness1599
strickenness1599
craziness1602
distemper1604
unsoundness1605
invaletude1623
unhealthiness1634
achaque1647
unwellness1653
disailment1657
insalubrity1668
faintiness1683
queerness1687
invalidity1690
illness1692
ill health1698
ailment1708
illing1719
invalescence1724
peakingness1727
sickishness1727
valetudinariness1742
ailingness1776
brash1786
invalidism1794
poorliness1814
diseasement1826
invalidship1830
valetudinarianism1839
ailing1862
invalidhood1863
megrims1870
pourriture1890
immersement1903
bug1918
condition1920
1690 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue iii. 64 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. The orders..that none who could not work, by Age, Sickness, or Invalidity should want.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Invalidity..2. Want of bodily strength. This is no English meaning.
1782 S. Pegge Curialia Misc. 272 A Litter upon wheels..adapted both to State and invalidity among the higher orders.
1808 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1846) VI. 335 During my invalidity at Bath.
1813 W. Taylor Eng. Synonyms 292 Invalidity is a temporary infirmity, a constitutional deficiency of health or strength.
1891 T. E. Young Germ. Law Insur. 18 Allowances for both invalidity and old age.
b. attributive.
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1906 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 3 A State scheme of invalidity insurance would lead to the destruction of the successful voluntary system.
1907 Daily Chron. 15 July 3/2 [Germany] The invalidity pensions go to all those of any age who are unfitted for relief.
1908 Daily Chron. 16 June 5/7 There is a great deal to be said for the German invalidity scheme.
1969 Daily Tel. 25 July 23 The new ‘invalidity pension’ will be introduced as part of the proposed earnings related retirement pension scheme..due to come into force in 1972.
1969 Daily Tel. 25 July 23 The new invalidity pension is designed to take over after a person has been away from work through illness for more than 28 weeks.
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