frailty
the quality or state of being frail.
moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation.
a fault resulting from moral weakness: frailties of the human flesh.
Origin of frailty
1Other words for frailty
| 1 | delicacy, weakness, fragility |
| 2 | susceptibility, suggestibility |
| 3 | flaw, defect |
Other words from frailty
- o·ver·frail·ty, noun
Words Nearby frailty
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How to use frailty in a sentence
When we debate how its 250th anniversary will be observed, when our political fissures and constitutional frailties will probably be so depressingly evident, that is the legacy we will be contesting.
An expanded perspective, and a controversial claim, on America’s revolution | Jack Rakove | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostThey too are starting a company and are aiming for human clinical trials to determine if simply flushing out the bloodstream can help with problems like frailty and declining cognition.
Has the fountain of youth been in our blood all along? | Kat McGowan | September 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf they don’t address issues that have arisen during the pandemic — muscle weakness, poor nutrition, disrupted sleep, anxiety, social isolation and more — these older adults face the prospect of poorer health and increased frailty, experts warn.
How older adults can get back into physical exercise following months of pandemic rules | Judith Graham | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostEqually vital is Goths’ ability to find humor, irony and beauty in supposedly “ugly” sources, such as flowers that grow by a cemetery or the absurd frailties of the aging body.
Do ‘elder Goths’ hold the secret to aging successfully? | David Walter | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostYou’ve also taken a mature position on your parents and their frailties.
A lovely, empathetic novel about middle-aged mental frailty.
For many seniors, driving represents the difference between isolation and the frailty spiral.
A 100-Year-Old-Driver Crashes into School Kids. Time to Take Grandpa’s Car Keys? | Jamie Reno | August 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“This can then lead to inactivity, which can lead to frailty, then to ill health,” she says.
A 100-Year-Old-Driver Crashes into School Kids. Time to Take Grandpa’s Car Keys? | Jamie Reno | August 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese Republicans still frighten voters with visions of an old age in poverty and frailty.
But we also need to recognize that racial bias is a human frailty of even good, well-meaning people.
He who shall pass judgment on the records of our life is the same that formed us in frailty.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonIn the after days he won yet more glory and confidence, despite this showing of human frailty.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisMr. Seward was no exception to this common frailty among mankind.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainHe dreamt of man, but chiefly of God—of Gods goodness and greatness, of mans impotence and frailty.
Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value | Arthur Glyn LeonardOne always looks with some suspicion—such is the frailty of editorial and other samples of human nature!
The Story of the "Britannia" | E. P. Statham
British Dictionary definitions for frailty
/ (ˈfreɪltɪ) /
physical or moral weakness
(often plural) a fault symptomatic of moral weakness
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