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- Dictionaryattrition/əˈtrɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure: "the council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition" Similar
- 2. (in scholastic theology) sorrow for sin, falling short of contrition.
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ATTRITION definition: 1. gradually making something weaker and destroying it, especially the strength or confidence of an…. Learn more.
Attrition definition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength. See examples of ATTRITION used in a sentence.
attrition: [noun] sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God.
ATTRITION meaning: 1. gradually making something weaker and destroying it, especially the strength or confidence of an…. Learn more.
5 meanings: 1. the act of wearing away or the state of being worn away, as by friction 2. constant wearing down to weaken or.... Click for more definitions.
a process of making somebody/something, especially your enemy, weaker by repeatedly attacking them or creating problems for them. It was a war of attrition.; These were the economics not of efficiency but of attrition.
Attrition is a gradual process of wearing down, weakening, or destroying something.
b. A gradual reduction in personnel or membership because of resignation, retirement, or death, often viewed in contrast to reduction from layoffs.
ATTRITION meaning: 1 : a reduction in the number of employees or participants that occurs when people leave because they resign, retire, etc., and are not replaced; 2 : the act or process of weakening and gradually defeating an enemy through constant attacks and continued pressure over a long period of time used especially in the phrase {phrase}war of attrition{/phrase}
Definition of attrition noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
