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debility Definition


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debilitate
verb
    debilitated, debilitating
    1. To make someone weak or weaker.
      Thesaurus: weaken, impair, wear out, exhaust, sap, prostrate, undermine, enervate, incapacitate, enfeeble, devitalize, unman; Antonym: strengthen.
Derivative: debilitating
adj
    Weakening; enervating.
Derivative: debilitation
noun
    Derivative: debility
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin debilis weak.



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