frailties

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frailties - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  frailty \frail"ty\ (fr[=a]l"t[y^]), n.; pl. frailties
     (fr[=a]l"t[i^]z). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet['e], fr.
     L. fragilitas. See Frail, a., and cf. Fragility.]
     1. The condition or quality of being frail, physically,
        mentally, or morally; frailness; infirmity; weakness of
        resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
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              God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
                                                    --Locke.
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     2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of
        infirmity.
  
     Syn: Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.
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