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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun attrition has 5 senses
- attrition(n = noun.process) abrasion, corrasion, detrition - erosion by friction; is a kind of eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away
- attrition(n = noun.phenomenon) abrasion, detrition, grinding - the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; is a kind of friction, rubbing
- attrition(n = noun.feeling) contriteness, contrition - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; is a kind of regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow
- attrition(n = noun.event) - a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition" is a kind of decrease, drop-off, lessening
- attrition(n = noun.act) - the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; is a kind of detrition, friction, rubbing
Derived form adjective attritional1
Derived form adjective attritional1
Derived form adjective attritional1
Derived form adjective attritional1
CIDE DICTIONARY
attrition, n. [L. attritio: cf. F. attrition.].
- The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. [1913 Webster]"Effected by attrition of the inward stomach." [1913 Webster]
- The state of being worn. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition. Wallis. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
attrition, n.
1 a the act or process of gradually wearing out, esp. by friction. b abrasion.
2 Theol. sorrow for sin, falling short of contrition.
1 a the act or process of gradually wearing out, esp. by friction. b abrasion.
2 Theol. sorrow for sin, falling short of contrition.
Idiom
war of attrition a war in which one side wins by gradually wearing the other down with repeated attacks etc.
Derivative
attritional adj.
Etymology
ME f. LL attritio f. atterere attrit- rub
THESAURUS
attrition
abatement, ablation, abrasion, abrasive, absorption, apologies, assimilation, atomization, attenuation, ayenbite of inwit, beating, bitterness, blunting, brecciation, buffing, burning up, burnishing, chafe, chafing, comminution, consumption, contriteness, contrition, corrosion, crumbling, crushing, curtailment, cut, cutting, damping, deadening, debilitation, decrease, decrement, deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, detrition, devitalization, digestion, dilution, diminution, dip, disintegration, disparagement, dissipation, dissolution, drain, dressing, dulling, eating up, effemination, enervation, enfeeblement, erasure, erosion, evisceration, exhaustion, expending, expenditure, extenuation, extraction, fatigue, filing, finishing, fragmentation, fretting, galling, granulation, granulization, grating, grazing, grief, grinding, impairment, impoverishment, inanition, ingestion, languishment, lessening, levigation, limation, loss, mashing, mitigation, penance, penitently, polishing, pounding, powdering, rasping, reduction, regret, regretfulness, regrets, regretting, relaxation, remission, remorse, remorse of conscience, remorsefulness, repentance, repining, retraction, retrenchment, rubbing away, rue, ruth, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shamefulness, shining, shortening, shredding, shrinkage, slackening, smashing, smoothing, softening, sorriness, sorrow, spending, squandering, thinning, trituration, truncation, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away, weakening, wear, wear and tear, wearing away, wearing down, wistfulnessROGET THESAURUS
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Friction
N friction, attrition, rubbing, abrasion, scraping, confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub, elbow grease, rosin, massage, roughness, rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction, anatriptic, attrite.
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