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attrition
English
Etymology
From Latin attritio (“a rubbing against”), from the verb attritus, past participle of atterere (“to wear”), from ad- (“to, towards”) + terere (“to rub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??t????n]
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
attrition (countable and uncountable, plural attritions)
- Wearing or grinding down by friction.
- The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
- (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
- (sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
- (theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
- (dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
- (linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
Synonyms
- (employment reduction by natural causes): natural wastage
Antonyms
- accretion
Derived terms
Related terms
- contrition
Translations
Verb
attrition (third-person singular simple present attritions, present participle attritioning, simple past and past participle attritioned)
- (transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.
- Synonym: attrit
- 1989, Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel, New York: Arcade, Book 9, p. 189,[2]
- […] He took her in his arms
- And kissed her long and wetly,
- Till, attritioned by her charms,
- His will collapsed completely.
- (transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
- 1973, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education, Hearings (page 186)
- […] but the heart of the health services in New York will have to attrition out some 3,000 to 5,000 jobs.
- 1989, Herbert S. White, “The Future of Library and Information Science Education” in Librarians and the Awakening from Innocence, Boston: G.K. Hall, p. 86,[3]
- […] expenses can be cut, by attritioning faculty vacancies […]
- 1973, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education, Hearings (page 186)
- (intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- titration
French
Etymology
From Latin attr?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t?i.sj??/
Noun
attrition f (plural attritions)
- attrition
Derived terms
- guerre d'attrition
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expiation
English
Etymology
From Middle French expiation, from Latin expi?ti? (“satisfaction”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kspi?e???n/
Noun
expiation (countable and uncountable, plural expiations)
- An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
- Synonyms: atonement, propitiation
- (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.
- Synonyms: plunder, pillage
- expiation of his immanities fore.
Related terms
- expiate
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expiation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Pronunciation
Noun
expiation f (plural expiations)
- expiation
Further reading
- “expiation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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