Dis-qual/i-fi-cā'tion, n.
n. [See DISQUALIFY.]
Sense 1. The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified; disability; incapacity; hence, legal disability; deprivation of legal right or capacity; as, conviction of a crime is a disqualification for office.
Sense 2. Want of qualification.
I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore.
Sense 3. That which disqualifies or incapacitates; as, sickness is a disqualification for labor or study.