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ENFEEBLEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enfeeblement mean?
• ENFEEBLEMENT (noun)
The noun ENFEEBLEMENT has 1 sense:
1. serious weakening and loss of energy
Familiarity information: ENFEEBLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serious weakening and loss of energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
debilitation; enervation; enfeeblement; exhaustion
Hypernyms ("enfeeblement" is a kind of...):
weakening (becoming weaker)
Derivation:
enfeeble (make weak)
Context examples
He dared not risk a fight with this young lightning-flash, and again he knew, and more bitterly, the enfeeblement of oncoming age.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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