FRAILTY

frailty, vice

(noun) moral weakness

infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism

(noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

frailty (countable and uncountable, plural frailties)

(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived or seduced.

Synonyms: frailness, infirmity

A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

Source: Wiktionary

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Frail"ty, n.; pl. Frailties. Etym: [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. fraileté, fr. L. fragilitas. See Frail, a., and cf. Fragility.]

1. The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced. God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness. Locke.

2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

Syn.

– Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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