Attrition

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
  • n. A gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress.
  • n. A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
  • n. Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God.
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  • n. wearing or grinding down by friction
  • n. the gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
  • n. A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death
  • n. The loss of participants during an experiment
  • n. Imperfect contrition or remorse
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
  • n. The state of being worn.
  • n. Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The rubbing of one thing against another; mutual friction: as, the abrasion of coins by attrition.
  • n. The act of wearing away by rubbing; the state of being worn down or smoothed by friction; abrasion.
  • n. In theology, imperfect contrition or repentance, with real detestation of sin, and a true purpose of amendment, arising from those supernatural motives of faith which are lower than charity, or the true love of God for his own infinite perfections.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  • n. a wearing down to weaken or destroy
  • n. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
  • n. erosion by friction
  • n. the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
    • Antonym
    accretion   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sorrow    rue    ruefulness    regret    drop-off   
    Variant
    contrition   
    Form
    attritionary    attritive    attritional    attrition damage    attrit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    friction    abrasion   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Deposition    Inquisition    Prohibition    Titian    abolition   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abrasion    erosion    deterioration    drumbeat    corrosion   
     
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