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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  frailty \frail"ty\ (fr[=a]l"t[y^]), n.; pl. {frailties}
     (fr[=a]l"t[i^]z). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet['e], fr.
     L. fragilitas. See {Frail}, a., and cf. {Fragility}.]
     1. The condition or quality of being frail, physically,
        mentally, or morally; frailness; infirmity; weakness of
        resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.


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              God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.
                                                    --Locke.
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     2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of
        infirmity.
  
     Syn: Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.
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