labefaction

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lab=e=fac=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

labefaction, n. [See Labefy.].

 The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.  [1913 Webster]
"There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

labefaction, n. literary a shaking, weakening, or downfall.

Etymology

L labefacere weaken f. labi fall + facere make