What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly — that is the first law of nature.
Source: tatoeba (5121859)
Frailty
//ˈfɹeɪlti//
Synonyms for "frailty" (160 found)
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human frailtyhuman naturehuman weaknesshumanityhumannesshypochondriahypochondriasisill healthill-healthimperfectionimpotenceimpressionabilityinadequacyindecisivenessinfirmity of willinherent viceinsubstantialityinvalidisminvalidityirresolution
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kinklacerabilitylacinesslanguishinglanguishmentlapseliabilitylightnesslittle problemmistinessmoral flawmoral weaknessmorbiditymorbidnessmortalitypaperinesspeakednesspliabilitypoor healthproblemrarityriftshortcomingsicklinesssleazinessslendernessslightnessslimnesssnagsomething missingspinelessnesssubtilitysuggestibilitysusceptibilitytainttenuitythinnessunhealthinessunsoundnessunsubstantialityunwholesomenessvaguenessvaletudinarianismvelleityvicevulnerabilityvulnerable placewastingwaterinessweak linkweak pointweak sideweak willweak-mindednessweaklinessweaknesswispinesswomanishness
Noun(2 words)
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Translations
31 translations across 19 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- fragilitat noun (condition of being frail)
Czech
2 entries- křehkost noun (condition of being frail)
- slabost noun (condition of being frail)
Dutch
2 entries- zwakheid noun (condition of being frail)
- zwakte noun (condition of being frail)
Esperanto
1 entries- fragileco noun (condition of being frail)
Finnish
2 entries- hauraus noun (condition of being frail)
- heiveröisyys noun (condition of being frail)
French
1 entries- fragilité noun (condition of being frail)
German
2 entries- Schwäche noun (condition of being frail)
- Zerbrechlichkeit noun (condition of being frail)
Hindi
1 entries- निर्बलता noun (condition of being frail)
Irish
4 entries- aibrisce noun (condition of being frail)
- anbhainne noun (condition of being frail)
- laige noun (condition of being frail)
- leochaileacht noun (condition of being frail)
Italian
1 entries- fragilità noun (condition of being frail)
Japanese
1 entries- もろさ noun (condition of being frail)
Middle English
3 entries- febilte noun (condition of being frail)
- feblenesse noun (condition of being frail)
- feblesse noun (condition of being frail)
Māori
1 entries- kopītanga noun (condition of being frail)
Occitan
1 entries- fragilitat noun (condition of being frail)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- درمانسزلق noun (condition of being frail)
Portuguese
1 entries- fragilidade noun (condition of being frail)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- oronulost noun (condition of being frail)
- slabost noun (condition of being frail)
Spanish
1 entries- fragilidad noun (condition of being frail)
Turkish
2 entries- düşkünlük noun (condition of being frail)
- zaaf noun (condition of being frail)
Sample sentences
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own—a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty.
Source: tatoeba (5786129)
Frailty, thy name is woman!
Source: tatoeba (7273561)
the limitations and restraints of civil government, and a legal constitution, may be defended, either from reason, which reflecting on the great frailty and corruption of human nature, teaches, that no man can safely be trusted with unlimited authority ;
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