enervation

noun

Definition of enervationnext
as in weakness
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor took a dip in the pool to alleviate the enervation caused by the heat and humidity

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  1. weakness
  2. exhaustion
  3. fatigue
  4. debility
  5. languor
Noun
  • But Price acknowledged that the case revealed multiple weaknesses in how police handled homicide investigations at the time, leading to widespread reforms that remain in place today.
    Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This will involve complete assessments of endpoints, employee training, or network access controls that represent the weaknesses.
    William Jones, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of weakness
Noun
  • The fires have left Mayorga with a painful mix of anxiety, depression and exhaustion.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • And burnout isn’t just a trendy buzzword; this is a very real, very draining state of exhaustion that dims your spark.
    Ankur Bindal, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of exhaustion
Noun
  • Image In some places, the border is marked with concrete barriers manned by Russians in fatigues.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Poor spacing, help defense at every turn, even fatigue and waning explosiveness are working against him.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of fatigue
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.
    Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Definition of debility
Noun
  • Eastwood stars in both, and both suffer from some of the late-career languors that started to creep into his movies after a certain point, mostly due to a tendency to let dialogue scenes play on and on without much regard to rhythm or pace.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That there was this kind of languor, a little bit of maturity.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of languor
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