Impairment

n.

1.

The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury.

Noun	1.	impairment - the occurrence of a change for the worse Synonyms: damage, harm
	2.	impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength Synonyms: deterioration
	3.	impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap
	4.	impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
	5.	impairment - the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) Synonyms: deadening, stultification, constipation

adulteration, attrition, curtailment, cut, cutting, damage, debilitation, decrease, decrement, defectibility, defectiveness, deficiency, depletion, depreciation, derogation, deterioration, detraction, detriment, diminution, dip, disadvantage, disparagement, drawback, enfeeblement, erroneousness, extraction, fallibility, faultiness, flaw, handicap, harm, hurt, immaturity, imperfection, impurity, inaccuracy, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompleteness, inexactitude, inexactness, injury, lack, lessening, liability, loss, loss of ground, marring, mediocrity, mischief, patchiness, prejudice, reduction, remission, retraction, retrenchment, shortage, shortcoming, shortening, shrinkage, sketchiness, step backward, truncation, undermining, undevelopment, unevenness, unperfectedness, unsoundness, vitiation, want, weakening, worsening