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debilitation

[ dih-bil-i-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

an act or instance of making a person or thing weak or feeble, often in a specific way; the resulting state of weakness:
Death or debilitation is statistically far more likely to occur by disease or accident than by malicious action.

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Latin dēbilitātiōn-, stem of dēbilitātiō; debilitate ( def ), -ion ( def )

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