frailty

[ freyl-tee, frey-uhl- ]
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noun,plural frail·ties for 3.
  1. the quality or state of being frail.

  2. moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation.

  1. a fault resulting from moral weakness: frailties of the human flesh.

Origin of frailty

1
1300–50; Middle English frailte, frelete<Old French frailete<Latin fragilitāt- (stem of fragilitās). See frail1, -ity

Other words for frailty

1 delicacy, weakness, fragility
2 susceptibility, suggestibility
3 flaw, defect
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Other words from frailty

  • o·ver·frail·ty, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for frailty

frailty

/ (ˈfreɪltɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. physical or moral weakness

  2. (often plural) a fault symptomatic of moral weakness

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