Related Resources. On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony cast a ballot in the presidential election, though women at the time were prohibited from doing so. Two weeks later, she was arrested, and the following year, she was found guilty of illegal voting.
abilities. 1  1a : the quality or state of being able the ability of the soil to hold water; especially : physical, mental, or legal power to do something a writer's ability to engage the reader's interest did the work to the best of her ability [=as well as she could]b : competence in doing something : skill artistic abilities.
The difference in meaning between the words ability and capability is pretty thin. Capability is usually defined as the feature of being capable of something. In short, it is practical ability. Ability is a word that pertains to being able. This means that when one is considered to have the ability then he is able to do or has the means to do something.