frailty
UK/ˈfɹeɪlti//ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/
frailty noun: the condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
Noun
frailty (countable and uncountable, plural frailties)
- The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
- the limitations and restraints of civil government, and a legal constitution, may be defended, either from reason, which reflecting on the great frailty and corruption of human nature, teaches, that no man can safely be trusted with unlimited authority ;1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 36, n. 1
- For all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea with ease to restore parity nine minutes before half-time. Aaron Ramsey's pass was perfection and Gervinho took the unselfish option to set up Van Persie for a tap-in.2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
- A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
frailty meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
frailty in Hindi
- condition of being frail
- निर्बलता nirbaltā
frailty in Urdu
- فنا, ناپائیداری, ضعف
frailty in Malayalam
- debility, infirmity, weakness
- ബലഹീനത, ദുർബ്ബലത, അദൃഢത, ദൗർബ്ബല്യം, തളർച്ച, ക്ഷീണം
- fallibility, weakness, weak point
- ദൗർബ്ബല്യം, ദൂഷ്യം, ദോഷം, പിശക്, പിഴവ്, വെെകല്യം
frailty in Kannada
- ದುರ್ಬಲತೆ, ದೌರ್ಬಲ್ಯ, ಚಾಂಚಲ್ಯ, ಚಪಲತೆ, ಕುಂದು, ದೋಷ
Examples of frailty in a sentence
- Factors contributing to frailty include sarcopenia and decline in executive function.
- Like Marxists, wokies are millenarians, working for a magical tomorrow that owes nothing either to past practice or to human frailties.
- But a practice frailty nurse helped reduce A&E attendances and admissions by 54% and GP home visit requests by 81%.
Synonyms of frailty
Forms of frailty
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Origin of frailty
From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.
Words formed from frailty
Questions about frailty
- What does frailty mean?
- Frailty means the condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
- What is frailty in Hindi?
- Frailty in Hindi is निर्बलता (nirbaltā). See Frailty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is frailty?
- Frailty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce frailty?
- Frailty is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪlti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of frailty?
- The plural of frailty is frailties.
Words near frailty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: frailty (page history and authors); frailty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frailty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); frailty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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