Antonyms for weakness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : week-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwik nɪs

Definition of weakness

Origin : c.1300, "quality of being weak," from weak + -ness. Meaning "a disadvantage, vulnerability" is from 1590s. That of "self-indulgent fondness" is from 1712; meaning "thing for which one has an indulgent fondness" is from 1822.

noun defect, proneness

Example sentences :

Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

In spite of her calculations, in spite of her love of money, he could make her feel her weakness.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Would he be strong or weak; and what would be weakness, and what strength, in a position so strange?
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Be happy, and rejoice in your weakness—but turn now to the strong for strength.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

You have summoned me in my weakness; you must sustain me by your strength.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

He measured your blindness and weakness by the standard of His own knowledge and almightiness.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The unfit brought in for strength are weakness and destruction.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He fell on the floor, and in weakness mixed with cowardice lay where he fell.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

The son met his father's gaze with a level look in which there was no weakness.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It was the best he could do, and it shamed him, for he knew its weakness.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for weakness

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