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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdebilityde‧bil‧i‧ty /dɪˈbɪləti/ noun (plural debilities) [countable, uncountable] formal WEAKweakness, especially as the result of illness → disability physical and mental debility
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debility• The two main causes are lead and nitrates which can bring about debility, heart weakness and cancer.• These include trauma, sunlight, high fever, and general debility.• Illnesses, including chronic muscle debility, herpes, tremors and eye infections, have come and gone.• But no - for I am not a cripple, I have no debility, and something other than myself is doing this.• Supporting that sound of debility and failure there were orchestrated snores.• Perhaps it was not surprising that he complained of physical debility.• The woman's debility softened her.
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