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Definition of "frailty" []

  • The condition or quality of being frail. (noun)
  • A fault, especially a moral weakness. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "frailty" in a sentence
  • "Don't turn your head away, your peculiar modesty would hide what you call frailty and what I call love."
  • "The final proof that he was human and his name frailty lies in the fact that he was a busybody."
  • "Behold, therefore, O Lord, my humility and my frailty, which is altogether known to Thee."