Frailty
[freyl-tee, frey-uh l-] /ˈfreɪl ti, ˈfreɪ əl-/
noun, plural frailties for 3.
1.
the quality or state of being .
2.
moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation.
3.
a fault resulting from moral weakness:
frailties of the human flesh.
/ˈfreɪltɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
physical or moral weakness
2.
(often pl) a fault symptomatic of moral weakness
n.
mid-14c., from Old French fraileté “frailty, weakness,” from Latin fragilitatem (nominative fragilitas), from fragilis “fragile” (see fragility). Related: Frailties.
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