2. Tender. [Obs.]

Deep indignation and compassion.

Spenser.

3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against

temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to

fallen women.

Man is frail, and prone to evil.

Jer. Taylor.

Frail"ly, adv. Weakly; infirmly.

Frail"ness, n. Frailty.

Frail"ty (frl"t), n.; pl. Frailties (-tz). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF.

frailetÈ, fr. L. fragilitas. See Frail, a., and cf. Fragility.] 1. The

condition or quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally;

frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived

or seduced.

God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness.

Locke.

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