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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
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
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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