Meaning & use
Capacitated
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Having the legal or mental capacity to make decisions or perform an action; enabled or empowered to do something.
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The court ruled that the patient was fully capacitated to make her own medical decisions.
The training program capacitated local staff to manage the clinic independently.
A note on using this word
In medical and legal contexts, 'capacitated' is the direct opposite of 'incapacitated,' describing someone judged able to understand and decide for themselves.
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