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weakness

[ week-nis ]
/ ˈwik nɪs /
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noun
the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
an inadequate or defective quality, as in a person's character; slight fault or defect: to show great sympathy for human weaknesses.
a self-indulgent liking or special fondness, as for a particular thing: I've always had a weakness for the opera.
an object of special desire; something very difficult to resist: Chocolates were her weakness.
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Origin of weakness

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English waikenes, weikenes. See weak, -ness

synonym study for weakness

2. See fault.

OTHER WORDS FROM weakness

non·weak·ness, noun
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Words related to weakness

deficiency, failing, flaw, fragility, frailty, gap, instability, lack, lapse, shortcoming, vulnerability, appetite, blemish, debility, decrepitude, delicacy, enervation, faintness, fault, feebleness

How to use weakness in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for weakness

weakness
/ (ˈwiːknɪs) /
noun
the state or quality of being weak
a deficiency or failing, as in a person's character
a self-indulgent fondness or likinga weakness for chocolates
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Other Idioms and Phrases with weakness

weakness

see have a weakness for.

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