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attrition
attrition is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
- 2noun
The state of being worn.
- 3noun
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
- 4noun
the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
- 5noun
a wearing down to weaken or destroy
"a war of attrition"
- 6noun
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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- 7noun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- 8noun
erosion by friction
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