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Enervation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Act of enervating; debilitation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    surgical removal of a nerve wordnet
  3. 3
    State of being enervated; debility. countable, uncountable

    "His early-morning alertness had gradually given way to bad-tempered enervation as the sun went down, and now his legs dragged, his shoulders slumped as he walked, and even from here I could hear his breath wheezing out of his nose."

  4. 4
    lack of vitality wordnet
  5. 5
    serious weakening and loss of energy wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French énervation.

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