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Word | Attrition |
erosion by friction / wearing away, a normal loss of workers or members by retirement or dying / The act of rubbing together / gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment / the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure. / a reduction in the number of employees or participants that occurs when people leave because they resign, retire, etc., and are not replaced / the act or process of weakening and gradually defeating an enemy through constant attacks and continued pressure over a long period of time, | |
Usage | ⇒ In the 196s urban churches suffered from attrition as members moved from the cities to the suburbs. Rather than fire staff members, church leaders followed a policy of attrition, allowing elderly workers to retire without replacing them. ⇒ Attrition is high among social workers because of the difficult work and poor pay. ⇒ the council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition |
Synonyms | abrasion, contriteness, detrition, erosion, rubbing, contrition, friction, penitence, repentance, compunction, grinding, remorse, rub, wear, chafing, corrasion, exhaustion, rasping, wear and tear, corrosion, |
Antonyms | accretion, accumulation, merriment, accrual, adjunct, admiration, aggrandize, alter, amplify, architecture, backing, bastion, blessedness, bliss, brace, building, buildup, castle, citadel, conserve, |
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