Definitions for: Fragility

[n] lack of physical strength
[n] quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

Webster (1913) Definition: Fra*gil"i*ty, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F.
fragilit['e]. Cf. Frailty.]
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness;
frangibility. --Bacon.

2. Weakness; feebleness.

An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is
almost essential to it [beauty]. --Burke.

3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.]

The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius.
--Holland.

Synonyms: breakability, delicacy

See Also: vulnerability, weakness

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