Alternative form of attrit

Regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment. / Worn by rubbing or friction.

The state or quality of being attrite.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attrite

simple past tense and past participle of attrite

plural of attriter

One who, or that which, attrites. / (linguistics) One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.

Wearing or grinding down by friction. / The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.

(transitive) To grind or wear down through friction. / (transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).

To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition. / To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out. / To be reduced in quantity through attrition.