faintness

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faintness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Faintness \Faint"ness\, n.
     1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of
        consciousness, and self-control.
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     2. Want of vigor or energy. --Spenser.
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     3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness;
        as, faintness of description.
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     4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
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              I will send a faintness into their hearts. --Lev.
                                                    xxvi. 36.
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faintness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  faintness
      n 1: a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
      2: the property of being without strength; "the faintness or
         potency of the feeling"
      3: barely audible
      4: the trait of lacking boldness and courage; "faintness of
         heart and infirmity of purpose" [syn: faintheartedness,
         faintness] [ant: stoutheartedness]
      5: the quality of being dim or lacking contrast [syn: dimness,
         faintness]