infirmity

n., pl., -ties.

1. A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age.
2. Frailty; feebleness.
3. A condition or disease producing weakness.
4. A failing or defect in a person's character.

noun

1. A pathological condition of mind or body: ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, ill, illness, malady, sickness. See health/sickness.
2. The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness. See strong/weak.
3. The condition of being sick: affliction, disorder, illness, indisposition, sickness. See health/sickness.
4. An imperfection of character: failing, fault, foible, frailty, shortcoming, weakness, weak point. See better/worse, help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: weakness, sickness
Antonyms: good health, health, healthiness, robustness, soundness, strength, wellness

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Flaw, defect, or weakness.

In a legal sense, the term infirmity is used to mean any imperfection that renders a particular transaction void or incomplete. For example, if a deed drawn up to transfer ownership of land contains an erroneous description of it, an infirmity exists in the transaction.

IN BRIEF: A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.

Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. — Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857), English playwright & humorist.