frailty synonyms

frailty

n.

  1. Quality of being weak

    fragility, weakness, debility, delicacy, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, daintiness, puniness, slightness, frangibility, susceptibility, brittleness, softness, flaccidity, unsubstantiality, flimsiness, limpness, shakiness, wobbliness, rustiness.

    Antonyms strength*, indestructibility, firmness. *

  2. A moral or social weakness

    failing, foible, imperfection; see defect 2, fault 2.

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