ATTRITION
\ɐtɹˈɪʃən], \ɐtɹˈɪʃən], \ɐ_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ATTRITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
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The state of being worn.
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Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
By Oddity Software
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The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
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The state of being worn.
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Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Abrasion; the act of rubbing down; the state of being rubbed down; penitence arising only from fear of punishment.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act of wearing by rubbing; state of being worn by friction; the least measure of sorrow, or lowest degree of repentance-as opposed to contrition, the highest degree or real repentance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Friction or bruising. Chafing.-Galen. Also, a kind of cardialgia.- Sennertus. Likewise, a violent contusion.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The friction of bodies upon each other, also the effects, as chafing and abrasion, of such friction. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Nearby Words
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