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frailty

UK/ˈfɹeɪlti/ US/ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/ rare

noun

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moral weakness

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From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.

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