detrition
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of detrition
1665–75; < Medieval Latin dētrītiōn- (stem of dētrītiō ), equivalent to Latin dētrīt ( us ) (past participle of dēterere; see detritus) + -iōn- -ion
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Friction -- N. friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping &c. v.; confrication†, detrition, contrition†, affriction†, abrasion, arrosion†, limature†, frication†, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
Omaha Intelligencer," which has escaped the detrition of the thirty-six thousand days and nights, he will say,— "Why, this was the beginning of what we do now!
From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale
Another is the constant repetition of certain words and phrases which have lost their meaning by detrition and are known to all.
From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley
The site or lie of the city is principally in two hollow basins, in which the detrition of houses forms now a soil for grain, for fruit gardens and good tobacco.
From Byeways in Palestine by James Finn
Nowadays it has become the custom to place these slabs upright against the walls, thus preventing further detrition.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
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