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attrition
noun
1 attrition
Erosion by friction.
synonyms: abrasion, corrasion, detrition.
Roget 331:
friction,
attrition;
rubbing,
abrasion,
scraping
etc.
v.;
confrication†,
detrition,
contrition†,
affriction†,
abrasion,
arrosion†,
limature†,
frication†,
rub;
elbow grease;
rosin;
massage;
roughness
etc.
256.
rolling friction,
sliding friction,
starting friction.
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Polish: abrazja
2 attrition
The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice.
synonyms: abrasion, detrition, grinding.
Dutch: afschuring, vrijwillig ontslag
Polish: ścieralność
3 attrition
Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation.
synonyms: contriteness, contrition.
Dutch: schuldbesef, gewetenswroeging, spijt, zelfverwijt, wroeging, berouw
Polish: żal, skrucha
4 attrition
A wearing down to weaken or destroy.
5 attrition
The act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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