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frailty

[ freyl-tee, frey-uhl- ]

noun

, plural frail·ties
  1. the quality or state of being frail.

    Synonyms: weakness, delicacy

  2. moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation.
  3. a fault resulting from moral weakness:

    frailties of the human flesh.

    Synonyms: defect, flaw



frailty

/ ˈfreɪltɪ /

noun

  1. physical or moral weakness
  2. often plural a fault symptomatic of moral weakness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frailty1

1300–50; Middle English frailte, frelete < Old French frailete < Latin fragilitāt- (stem of fragilitās ). See frail 1, -ity
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Example Sentences

When we debate how its 250th anniversary will be observed, when our political fissures and constitutional frailties will probably be so depressingly evident, that is the legacy we will be contesting.

They too are starting a company and are aiming for human clinical trials to determine if simply flushing out the bloodstream can help with problems like frailty and declining cognition.

If they don’t address issues that have arisen during the pandemic — muscle weakness, poor nutrition, disrupted sleep, anxiety, social isolation and more — these older adults face the prospect of poorer health and increased frailty, experts warn.

Equally vital is Goths’ ability to find humor, irony and beauty in supposedly “ugly” sources, such as flowers that grow by a cemetery or the absurd frailties of the aging body.

You’ve also taken a mature position on your parents and their frailties.

A lovely, empathetic novel about middle-aged mental frailty.

For many seniors, driving represents the difference between isolation and the frailty spiral.

“This can then lead to inactivity, which can lead to frailty, then to ill health,” she says.

These Republicans still frighten voters with visions of an old age in poverty and frailty.

But we also need to recognize that racial bias is a human frailty of even good, well-meaning people.

He who shall pass judgment on the records of our life is the same that formed us in frailty.

In the after days he won yet more glory and confidence, despite this showing of human frailty.

Mr. Seward was no exception to this common frailty among mankind.

He dreamt of man, but chiefly of God—of Gods goodness and greatness, of mans impotence and frailty.

One always looks with some suspicion—such is the frailty of editorial and other samples of human nature!

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fraileroFrailty, thy name is woman!