Found 2 items, similar to frailty.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: frailty
frailty
n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn:
infirmity,
debility,
feebleness,
frailness]
2: moral weakness [syn:
vice]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: frailty
frailty
\frail"ty\ (fr[=a]l"t[y^]), n.; pl.
frailties
(fr[=a]l"t[i^]z). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet['e], fr.
L. fragilitas. See
Frail, a., and cf.
Fragility.]
1. The condition or quality of being frail, physically,
mentally, or morally; frailness; infirmity; weakness of
resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
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God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
--Locke.
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2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of
infirmity.
Syn: Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.
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