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noun, plural de·bil·i·ties.
1.
a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness: Debility prevented him from getting out of bed.
2.
a particular mental or physical handicap; disability.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English debylite < Middle French debilite < Latin dēbilitās, equivalent to dēbil(is) weak + -itās -ity
1425–75; late Middle English debylite < Middle French debilite < Latin dēbilitās, equivalent to dēbil(is) weak + -itās -ity
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debility
late 15c., from M.Fr. debilite, from L. debilitatem (nom. debilitas), from debilis "weak," from de- "from, away" + -bilis "strength," from PIE base *bel- (see Bolshevik).
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debility de·bil·i·ty (dĭ-bĭl'ĭ-tē)
n.
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
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