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debility

  • /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪlɪti

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From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”), from dēbilis (“weak”), from dē- + habilis (“able”).

noun debilities

  1. countable, uncountable A state of physical or mental weakness. […] and is the onlie laſt remedie for all debilities which haue long vexed the body through a hote diſtemper of the Lever, ſuch as a hote Gutte; it allayeth all Inflamations inward & outward.

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noun state of weakness

Españoldebilidad
日本語衰弱 suijaku
हिन्दीदुर्बलता durbaltā, निर्बलता nirbaltā, शिथिलता śithiltā
Portuguêsdebilidade
Françaisdébilité, fatigue
Русскийсла́бость slábostʹ, бесси́лие bessílije, не́мощь némoščʹ, деграда́ция degradácija

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"debility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/debility. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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debility. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/debility

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"debility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/debility.

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@misc{debility_2026,
  title = {debility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}