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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. quality of being easily damaged or destroyed;
[syn: fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility]

2. lack of physical strength;
[syn: fragility, delicacy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fragility \Fra*gil"i*ty\, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilit['e]. Cf. Frailty.] 1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Weakness; feebleness. [1913 Webster] An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it [beauty]. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fragility n 1: quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn: fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility] 2: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy]