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Attrition

Attrition Meaning & Definition
Attrition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Attrition?

[n] the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
[n] a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
[n] sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
[n] the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
[n] erosion by friction

Synonyms | Synonyms for Attrition: abrasion | abrasion | contriteness | contrition | corrasion | detrition | detrition | grinding

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | wistfulness

See Also | decrease | detrition | drop-off | eating away | eroding | erosion | friction | friction | lessening | regret | rubbing | rubbing | ruefulness | sorrow | wearing | wearing away

Attrition In Webster's Dictionary

\At*tri"tion\, n. [L. attritio: cf. F. attrition.] 1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. --Arbuthnot. 2. The state of being worn. --Johnson. 3. (Theol.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See {Contrition}. --Wallis.

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