frailty

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

Synonyms

weakness

infirmity

feebleness

fragility

frailness

debility

defect

caducity

fault

failing

foible

vice

weakliness

deficiency

weak point

weak spot

brittleness

delicacy

flaw

tenderness

valetudinarianism

giddiness

grogginess

illness

impairment

inability

inconstancy

instability

languor

mutability

perishableness

puniness

quirk

shakiness

shortcoming

sickliness

sickness

transience

underbelly

unsteadiness

vertigo

wobbliness

astheny

breakableness

frangibleness

adynamia

perishable nature

ailment

asthenia

cowardice

Translations

debilidad

αδυναμία

fragilitas

faiblesse

zwakheid

infirmité

fragilità

fragilidad

flaqueza

fragilité

debolezza

Schwäche

zwakte

zachtheid

Gebrechlichkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frelete

In summary

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