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Weakness

//ˈwiːk.nɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being weak. uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility"

  2. 2
    the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain wordnet
  3. 3
    An inadequate quality; fault. countable

    "His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness."

  4. 4
    powerlessness revealed by an inability to act wordnet
  5. 5
    A special fondness or obsessing desire. countable

    "She is an athlete who has a weakness for chocolate."

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  1. 6
    a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you wordnet
  2. 7
    a flaw or weak point wordnet
  3. 8
    the condition of being financially weak wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English wayknesse, weykenesse, replacing earlier Middle English wocnesse, wakenes, wacnesse (“weakness”), from Old English wācnes (“weakness”). Equivalent to weak + -ness.

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