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Synonyms for debility

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-bil-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbɪl ɪ ti

Top 10 synonyms for debility
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Définition of debility

Origin :
  • 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).
  • noun incapacity, weakness
Example sentences :
  • It is wrong that the Unknown should profit by man's debility and ignorance.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It affects the nerves, causing irritability and debility in them.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • One is not accountable for words uttered in moments of debility and hunger.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • This is, generally, the result of debility, or severe labor.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • They lead to excitement and debility, sometimes to danger and disease.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • The debility of age and dropsical legs had long oppressed him.
  • Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering
  • Such is the power of oratory, and such the debility of the human understanding!
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • Either a cathartic or an emetic will leave the system under some debility.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • A valuable tonic in all conditions of debility and want of appetite.
  • Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
  • Twenty lines a week for six months: what a "cure" for debility!
  • Extract from : « Mental Efficiency » by Arnold Bennett

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