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frailtynoun a defect in characterselfishness is a common human frailty demerit, dereliction, failing, fault, foible, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness blot, spot, stainblemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nitAchilles' heel, soft spotcorruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness feet of clay merit, virtue excellence, perfectiongoodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigorfrailty doesn't affect all elderly people, for many are indeed healthy and strong asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, weakness, wimpiness decay, decrepitudebreakdown, collapse, prostrationexhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, wearinessdefenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessnesseffeteness, softness, tendernessdisablement, incapacitation, invalidismdamage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor energy, vitalitybrawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virilityhardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughnesshealth, healthiness, soundness, wellness the quality or state of lacking strength of will or characterthe frailty shown by the apostle Peter when he denied Jesus three times frailness, softness, spinelessness, weakness, wimpiness, wimpishness, wishy-washiness collapsefailing, flaw, foible, peccadilloevil, immorality, wickednesscorruption, corruptness backbone, chutzpah(also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), firmness, fortitude, hardihood, mettle, moxie, nerve, resoluteness, strength, toughness discipline, self-disciplinegoodness, integrity, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtuousness fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character.fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit.a writer of many virtues and few faults failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character.being late is a failing of mine frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation.human frailties foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy.an eccentric's charming foibles vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others.compulsive gambling was his vice in the 14th century |