Attrition: alternatives and connections

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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A wearing off or away.

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of Erode

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The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

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of Lessen

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Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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of Rub

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A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

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The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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of Wear

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The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

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Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

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The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

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The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent ac…

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A wearing off or away.

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of Grind

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