weakening

About 2.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of weaken
2. noun An instance or process of loss of strength.
3. noun A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.

Similar words

debilitating enervating enfeebling debilitative moderating deterioration impairing impairment debility degradation

Often followed by

of the and in or their effect his its

Word family

weaken weakened weakener weakeners weakens