frail·ty
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| 1. | the quality or state of being frail. |
| 2. | moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation. |
| 3. | a fault resulting from moral weakness: frailties of the human flesh. |
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| frail·ty
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n. pl. frail·ties
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| frailty | |
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| 1. | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) [syn: infirmity] |
| 2. | moral weakness |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈfrailty noun — plural ˈfrailties
physical weakness or (a) moral failing
Example: She loved him in spite of his frailties.
See also: frailExample: She loved him in spite of his frailties.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Frailty
Fra*gil"i*ty\, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilit['e]. Cf. Frailty.]1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. --Bacon. 2. Weakness; feebleness. An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it [beauty]. --Burke. 3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.] The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius. --Holland.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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