attrition
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Is attrition a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. Grinding down or wearing away by friction.Antonyms: accretioncountableuncountable
2. A gradual reduction in number.Synonyms: natural wastageAntonyms: accretioncountableuncountable
3. A gradual reduction in number.Antonyms: accretioncountableuncountable
4. A gradual reduction in number.Antonyms: accretioncountableuncountable
5. (theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.Examples: "attritioned teeth; attritioned rock"; "[…] He took her in his arms And kissed her long and wetly, Till, attritioned by her charms, His will collapsed completely."Synonyms: attrittransitive
2. (transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).Examples: "[…] but the heart of the health services in New York will have to attrition out some 3,000 to 5,000 jobs."; "[…] expenses can be cut, by attritioning faculty vacancies […]"transitive
3. (intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.Examples: "The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary