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attrition /əˈtrɪʃ(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 the action or process of gradually wearing down through sustained attack or pressure.
- 2 wearing away by friction.
- 3 (in scholastic theology) sorrow for sin falling short of contrition.
– derivatives
attritional adjective.
attritional adjective.
– origin ME: from late L. attritio(n-), from atterere ‘to rub’.
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