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attrition - 13 thesaurus results
Main Entry: attrition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wearing down or away
Synonyms: abrasion, depreciation, disintegration, erosion, grinding, wear, attenuation, debilitation, rubbing, thinning, weakening
Antonyms: building, strengthening
Main Entry: attrition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: regret
Synonyms: penance, penitence, remorse, repentance, contriteness, remorsefulness
Antonyms: happiness
Main Entry: compunction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: regret, sorrow
Synonyms: attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, pity, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, shame, sympathy, penitency, punctiliousness, second thoughts, stab of conscience
Antonyms: defiance, meanness, no remorse
Main Entry: contrition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: regret
Synonyms: attrition, compunction, humiliation, penance, penitence, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, sorrow, contriteness, penitency, self-reproach
Antonyms: indifference, meanness, hurtfulness
Main Entry: erosion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deterioration; wearing away
Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, consumption, corrosion, decrease, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, wear, desedimentation, eating away, grinding down, spoiling, washing away, wearing down
Notes: abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface
Antonyms: building, construction, rebuilding, strengthening
Main Entry: penance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reparation for wrong
Synonyms: absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, remorse, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sorrow, suffering, expiation, purgation, remorsefulness, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift
Main Entry: penitence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shame, sorrow
Synonyms: anguish, attrition, compunction, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, sadness, scruple, contriteness, humbling, remorsefulness, ruefulness, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach
Antonyms: shamelessness
Main Entry: remorse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: guilty or bad conscience
Synonyms: anguish, attrition, compassion, compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, penance, penitence, pity, regret, repentance, rue, shame, sorrow, contriteness, pangs of conscience, penitency, remorsefulness, ruefulness, self-reproach
Antonyms: happiness, satisfaction, good conscience, remorselessness
Main Entry: repentance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: feeling bad for past action
Synonyms: attrition, compunction, conscience, contrition, grief, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, rue, ruth, sorrow, contriteness, penitency, self-reproach, sorriness
Antonyms: happiness
Main Entry: wear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: use, corrosion
Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, damage, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, diminution, disappearance, employment, erosion, friction, loss, mileage, service, usefulness, utility, waste, wear and tear, impairment, inroads
Main Entry: wear and tear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devaluation due to use
Synonyms: attrition, consumption, depletion, depreciation, dissipation, erosion, ablation, decrement, hard wear, overuse, ravages of time, wearing away, weathering
Main Entry: friction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rubbing
Synonyms: abrasion, agitation, attrition, erosion, grating, grinding, irritation, massage, rasping, resistance, traction, chafing, filing, fretting, scraping, soreness, trituration, wearing away
Main Entry: rub
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stroke, massage
Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, caress, friction, grinding, pat, polish, rasping, shine, smear, swab, swipe, wear, wipe, brushing, kneading, scouring, scraping, smoothing, stroking
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