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Debilitation

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de·bil·i·tate  (d-bl-tt)
tr.v. de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing, de·bil·i·tates
To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
[Latin dbilitre, dbilitt-, from dbilis, weak; see bel- in Indo-European roots.]
de·bili·tation n.
de·bili·tative adj.
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Noun1.Debilitationdebilitation - serious weakening and loss of energy
enfeeblement, exhaustion, enervation
weakening - becoming weaker
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But it has been found by the wisest of our Circles or Statesmen that the multiplication of restrictions on Females tends not only to the debilitation and diminution of the race, but also to the increase of domestic murders to such an extent that a State loses more than it gains by a too prohibitive Code.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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