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Debility

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debility

Etymology

From Middle French débilité, from Latin dēbilitās, from dēbilis ("weak, feeble"), from dē- ("away from") + habilis ("able").

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Pronunciation

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Noun

debility (countable and uncountable, plural debilities)

  1. Weakness; infirmity; a state of abnormal feebleness, especially of the body.
    He suffered from general debility.
  2. (medicine) A condition of reduced vitality or diminished bodily strength; languor.
    The patient's debility made recovery slow and uncertain.
  3. (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

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References

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