2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frailty \Frail"ty\, n.; pl {Frailties}. [OE. frelete, freilte,
OF frailet['e], fr L. fragilitas See {Frail}, a., and cf
{Fragility}.]
1. The condition quality of being frail, physically,
mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of
resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
--Locke.
2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of
infirmity.
Syn: Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
frailty
n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: {infirmity}, {debility}, {feebleness}, {frailness}]
2: moral weakness [syn: {vice}]
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