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Webster 1913 Edition


frailty

frail′ty

(frāl′ty̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
frailties
(frāl′tĭz)
.
[OE.
frelete
,
freilte
, OF.
fraileté
, fr. L.
fragilitas
. See
Frail
,
Adj.
, 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.
God knows our
frailty
, [and] pities our weakness.
Locke.
Syn. – Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frailty

FRA'ILTY

, n.
1.
Weakness of resolution; infirmity; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
God knows our frailty, and pities our weakness.
2.
Frailness; infirmity of body.
3.
Fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity; in this sense it has a plural.