Word: attritions

Synonyms: attritions

wearing down, wearing away, weakening, debilitation, enfeebling, sapping, attenuation, gradual loss, abrasion, friction, erosion, corrosion, corroding, grinding, deterioration, detrition, contriteness, contrition, corrasion

Translations: attritions

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spanish
Translations:
roces, atriciones, rozaduras, las rozaduras
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german
Translations:
zermürbungen, Schäbigkeiten, Scheuerverletzungen
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french
Translations:
frottements, attrition, départs naturels
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italian
Translations:
attriti
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portuguese
Translations:
atritos
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russian
Translations:
потертости, потертостей
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turkish
Translations:
ayrılan personelin
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greek
Translations:
τριβές
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ukrainian
Translations:
потертості
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belarusian
Translations:
пацёртасці
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romanian
Translations:
curiozitățile

The meaning and "use of": attritions

noun
  • the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure. - the council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition
  • (in scholastic theology) sorrow, but not contrition, for sin. - I should mention before I go through with this final act of attrition that if I misbehaved so egregiously over the past year, it must certainly reflect negatively on you both as parents.
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