SuaviloquyToday’s word

impairment

Impairment, n.

Etymology: [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.]

The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for impairment; he lists it under injury.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.