frailty
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blemish, breakability, brittleness, debility, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, delicacy, demerit, destructibility, enervation, failing, failure, failure of strength, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flaw, flimsiness, foible, fragilitas, fragility, human weakness, imperfection, imperfectness, impotence, inadequacy, infirmitas, infirmity, instability, liability to err, loss of strength, peccability, proneness to error, shortcoming, unsoundness, unworthiness, vulnerability, vulnerableness, want of moral strength, weak point, weak side, weakness
associated concepts: human frailty
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defect, disability (physical inability), disadvantage, fault (weakness), flaw, foible, impuissance
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Frailty — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Frailty Título Escalofrío Ficha técnica Dirección Bill Paxton Producción David Blocker David Kirschner Corey Sienega Guión … Wikipedia Español
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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frailty — ist: der Originaltitel des US amerikanischen Thrillers Dämonisch aus dem Jahr 2001 die Kurzform des Frailty Syndroms, siehe Gebrechlichkeit Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselb … Deutsch Wikipedia
frailty — mid 14c., from O.Fr. fraileté frailty, weakness, from L. fragilitatem (nom. fragilitas), from fragilis fragile (see FRAGILITY (Cf. fragility)). Related: Frailties … Etymology dictionary
frailty — *fault, failing, foible, vice Analogous words: defect, flaw, *blemish: infirmity, fragility, feebleness, weakness (see corresponding adjectives at WEAK) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
frailty — [n] weakness, flaw Achilles heel*, blemish, daintiness, debility, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, foil, imperfection, infirmity, peccability, peccadillo, shortcoming,… … New thesaurus
frailty — ► NOUN (pl. frailties) 1) the condition of being frail. 2) weakness in character or morals … English terms dictionary
frailty — [frāl′tē] n. [ME frelete < OFr fraileté < L fragilitas, fragility] 1. the quality or condition of being frail; weakness; esp., moral weakness 2. pl. frailties any fault or failing arising from such weakness … English World dictionary
frailty — [[t]fre͟ɪlti[/t]] frailties 1) N VAR If you refer to the frailties or frailty of people, you are referring to their weaknesses. ...the frailties of human nature. ...a triumph of will over human frailty. 2) N UNCOUNT Frailty is the condition of… … English dictionary
Frailty — Emprise (film, 2001) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Emprise. Emprise Titre original Frailty Réalisation Bill Paxton Acteurs principaux Bill Paxton Matthew McConaughey … Wikipédia en Français
