weakness

n.

1. The condition or quality of being weak.
2. A personal defect or failing.
3. 1. A special fondness or inclination: has a weakness for fast cars.
   2. Something of which one is excessively fond or desirous: Ice cream is his weakness.

noun

1. The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness. See strong/weak.
2. An imperfection of character: failing, fault, foible, frailty, infirmity, shortcoming, weak point. See better/worse, help/harm/harmless.
3. A liking for something: appetite, fondness, partiality, preference, relish, taste. See like/dislike.

n

Definition: defect, proneness
Antonyms: strength, strong point

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A weak bodily state as expressed by reluctance to and difficulty in rising, a shuffling, disinclination to move and then only slowly, eating slowly and a drooping posture. Can be the result of a general toxemia, of a mild form of paralysis, of anemia and other debilitating diseases.

• episodic w. — one that waxes and wanes, varying from mild or inapparent to severe in the same animal. A characteristic of certain neuromuscular, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders such as myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, hypoglycemia, abnormalities in blood potassium levels, and cardiac arrhythmias and conduction blocks.

IN BRIEF: Lacking physical or mental strength. Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act. Also: A flaw.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. — Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888).

Quotes:

"And he has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. [2 Corinthians 12:9]" - Bible

"The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong." - George Bidault

"The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak." - Jacques BeNigne Bossuet

"The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear." - Edmund Burke

"Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time." - Cardinal De Rets

"The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood." - Bette Davis

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - svaghed

Nederlands (Dutch)
tekortkoming, zwakheid, zwakte, ergens aan verslingerd

Français (French)
n. - point faible, faible, penchant, faiblesse (mémoire), délicatesse (d'estomac), fragilité (d'une structure), faiblesse (de la lumière), légèreté (d'une solution), (Écon, Fin) faiblesse (monnaie)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwäche, Mangel, schwacher Punkt, Schlaffheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (παθολογική) αδυναμία, ελάττωμα, προτίμηση, αδυναμία

Italiano (Italian)
difetto, debolezza, debole, fiacca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fraqueza (f)

Русский (Russian)
слабость, недостаточность, безволие, неубедительность, слабое место, понижение (цен), низкая прочность

Español (Spanish)
n. - falla, punto débil, falta de solidez, endeblez, flaqueza, debilidad, falta de carácter

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svaghet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
虚弱, 弱点, 薄弱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 虛弱, 弱點, 薄弱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 약함, 심약, 약점

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 弱いこと, 不十分, 薄弱, 弱点, 弱さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضعف, نقيصه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חולשה, פגם, חיסרון‬

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