Frailty

[Frail·ty]

Frailty describes a quality that's shared by a sick kitten, an elderly man, and a shoddily built go cart. They all have a delicate weakness or vulnerability and seem to require some kind of care.

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The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.

Noun
moral weakness

Noun
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)


a.
The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.

a.
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.


Frailty

Frail"ty , n.; pl. Frailties . [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet'82, fr. L. fragilitas. See Frail, a., and cf. Fragility.] 1. The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.
God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity. Syn. -- Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.

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Usage Examples

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault.

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.

I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

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