Incapacity \In`ca*pac"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incapacities}. [Cf. F. incapacit['e].] 1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability. 2. (Law) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc. Syn: Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness; disqualification; disability.