Definition of attrition - WordReference.com Dictionary

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attrition
A	noun
	1	attrition
			the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚labor; labour; toil ╚effort; elbow grease; exertion; travail; sweat ╚friction; detrition; rubbing ╚attrition
	2	attrition
			a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚decrease; lessening; drop-off ╚attrition
	3	attrition, contrition, contriteness
			sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚sadness; unhappiness ╚sorrow; regret; rue; ruefulness ╚attrition, contrition, contriteness
	4	grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition
			the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚natural phenomenon ╚physical phenomenon ╚mechanical phenomenon ╚resistance ╚friction; rubbing ╚grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition
	5	abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition
			erosion by friction
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚natural process; natural action; action; activity ╚geological process; geologic process ╚erosion; eroding; eating away; wearing; wearing away ╚abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition

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