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Definitions of attrition in various dictionaries:
noun - erosion by friction
noun - the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
noun - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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| In geology it's a type of erosion; in business it's reducing staff without layoffs |
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| The process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure. |
| (in scholastic theology) sorrow for sin, falling short of contrition. |
| the process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure. |
| A gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress. |
| A rubbing away or wearing down by friction. |
| Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God. |
| A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death. |
| the act of rubbing together wearing something down by friction |
| a wearing down to weaken or destroy |
| sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
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Attrition may refer to * the gradual reduction of the size of a workforce by not replacing personnel lost through retirement or resignation * Attrition warfare, the military strategy of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in personnel and material * Loss of personnel by Withdrawal (military) * Attrition (medicine, epidemiology), the loss of participants during an experiment * Attrition (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from opposing teeth * Attrition (erosion), the wearing away of rocks in the sea * Imperfect contrition, also known as attrition, in Catholic theology * Customer attrition, loss of business clients or customers * Language attrition, the loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by either a community or an individual * War of Attrition, a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970 * Employees leaving a company to join somewhere elseproper names: * * War of attrition (game), a model of aggression in game theory, formulated |