Editing Debility

==debility==

===Etymology===
From Middle French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9bilit%C3%A9#Middle_French débilité], from Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitas#Latin dēbilitās], from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilis#Latin dēbilis] ("weak, feeble"), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de-#Latin dē-] ("away from") + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habilis#Latin habilis] ("able").

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===Pronunciation===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:IPA_pronunciation_key IPA]: /dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-debility.ogg Audio (US)]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Rhymes/English/ɪlɪti Rhymes: -ɪlɪti]

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===Noun===

[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debility#English debility] (countable and uncountable, plural [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilities#English debilities])

# [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weakness Weakness]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infirmity infirmity]; a state of abnormal feebleness, especially of the body.
#: ''He suffered from general '''debility'''.''
# ''([https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/medicine medicine])'' A condition of reduced vitality or diminished bodily strength; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/languor languor].
#: ''The patient's '''debility''' made recovery slow and uncertain.''
# ''([https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/figurative figurative])'' A weakening or impairment of will, resolve, or capacity.
#: ''Years of hardship had produced a moral '''debility''' from which the community struggled to recover.''

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===Synonyms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weakness weakness]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infirmity infirmity]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feebleness feebleness]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frailty frailty]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enfeeblement enfeeblement]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/languor languor]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asthenia asthenia] ''(medical)''

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===Related terms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitate debilitate]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitating debilitating]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitation debilitation]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitated debilitated]
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===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:OED Online|debility|n|48130}}

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