'attrition' definitions:
Definition of 'attrition'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition]
noun
Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn: attrition, contrition, contriteness]
noun
A wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
noun
The act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
Synonyms of 'attrition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- ablation,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- absorption,
- apologies,
- assimilation,
- atomization,
- attenuation,
- ayenbite of inwit,
- beating,
- bitterness,
- blunting,
- brecciation,
- buffing,
- burning up,
- burnishing,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- comminution,
- consumption,
- contriteness,
- contrition,
- corrosion,
- crumbling,
- crushing,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- damping,
- deadening,
- debilitation,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- deliquescence,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- detraction,
- detrition,
- devitalization,
- digestion,
- dilution,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disintegration,
- disparagement,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- drain,
- dressing,
- dulling,
- eating up,
- effemination,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- evisceration,
- exhaustion,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- extenuation,
- extraction,
- fatigue,
- filing,
- finishing,
- fragmentation,
- fretting,
- galling,
- granulation,
- granulization,
- grating,
- grazing,
- grief,
- grinding,
- impairment,
- impoverishment,
- inanition,
- ingestion,
- languishment,
- lessening,
- levigation,
- limation,
- loss,
- mashing,
- mitigation,
- penance,
- penitently,
- polishing,
- pounding,
- powdering,
- rasping,
- reduction,
- regret,
- regretfulness,
- regrets,
- regretting,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- remorse,
- remorse of conscience,
- remorsefulness,
- repentance,
- repining,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- rubbing away,
- rue,
- ruth,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- shamefulness,
- shining,
- shortening,
- shredding,
- shrinkage,
- slackening,
- smashing,
- smoothing,
- softening,
- sorriness,
- sorrow,
- spending,
- squandering,
- thinning,
- trituration,
- truncation,
- using up,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting away,
- weakening,
- wear,
- wear and tear,
- wearing away,
- wearing down,
- wistfulness