Meaning & use
frailty
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The state of being physically weak or delicate, or a moral weakness or flaw in character.
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The nurse noted the frailty of the elderly patient after his long illness.
The play explores the frailty of human ambition and the ease with which it turns to ruin.
A note on using this word
Used both physically, as in describing an ill or elderly person, and figuratively, as in 'human frailty,' referring to moral or emotional weaknesses everyone shares.
Words with a similar meaning
weaknessfragility
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Words with an opposite meaning
strengthrobustness
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