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noun
The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: frailness, infirmity, foible
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
moral weakness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evil, evilness
noun
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: infirmity, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfitness, softness
Narrower terms: asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting
History
From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
