frailty

frailty
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Quality of being weak]
Syn. fragility, weakness, debility, delicacy, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, daintiness, puniness, slightness, frangibility, susceptibility, brittleness, softness, flaccidity, unsubstantiality, flimsiness, limpness, shakiness, wobbliness, rustiness.
Ant. strength*, indestructibility, firmness.
2. [A moral or social weakness]
Syn. failing, foible, imperfection; see defect 2 , fault 2 .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
weakness, failing, shortcoming, *chink in one's armor, *Achilles heel, deficiency, fallibility, foible, susceptibility.
ANT.: strength, virtue
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness. See STRONG. 2. An imperfection of character: failing, fault, foible, infirmity, shortcoming, weakness, weak point. See BETTER, HELP.

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