Definitions for weakening
weak·en·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weakeningnoun

   becoming weaker

2. weakeningadjective

   the act of reducing the strength of something

3. debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakeningadjective

   causing debilitation

4. weakeningadjective

   moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weakeningnoun

   An instance or process of loss of strength

2. weakeningnoun

   A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions

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1. weakening

   Weakening refers to the process or action of making something less strong, potent, rigid, intense, or effective. It can also refer to the deterioration or reduction in power, strength, quality, or value of something. This can apply to various contexts such as physical health, structures, arguments, economy, etc.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Weakening

   of Weaken

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How to pronounce weakening?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of weakening in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of weakening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of weakening in a Sentence

1. Ted Cruz:

   It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for weakening NATO, withdrawing from NATO, we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamic terror attack.

2. Marguerite de Valois:

   Love works in miracles every day such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

3. Jeremy Gillula:

   Removing device encryption due to lack of customer use is an incredibly poor excuse for weakening the security of those customers that did use the feature, given that the information stored on a tablet can be just as sensitive as that stored on a phone or on a computer, Amazon should instead be pushing to make device encryption the default -- not removing it.

4. Peter Cardillo:

   There's no question that there's signs out there that the economy is weakening.

5. Konrad Szymanski:

   Poland has a major interest in preventing any British EU exit. We are ready to support British demands as regards changes to their treaty obligations and possibly also changes to the European Union's treaty architecture, we want Britain to stay in the EU... The EU's strength comes first and foremost from its scale. It would make a bad precedent to create a smaller union. That would mean the weakening of Europe's position.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=weakening
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weakening
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weakening