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debility


noun, plural de·bil·i·ties.

  1. a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness: Debility prevented him from getting out of bed.
  2. a particular mental or physical handicap; disability.

noun plural -ties

  1. weakness or infirmity
n.

early 15c., from Middle French debilite (Modern French débilité) or directly from Latin debilitatem (nominative debilitas) “a laming, crippling, weakening,” from debilis “lame, disabled, crippled,” figuratively “weak, helpless,” from de- “from, away” (see de-) + -bilis “strength,” from PIE root *bel- (see Bolshevik).

n.

  1. The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
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