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labefaction
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
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