labefactionn.

Brit.

/ˌlabᵻˈfakʃn/, U.S.

/ˌlæbəˈfækʃən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin labefaction-, labefactio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin labefaction-, labefactio weakening (5th cent.) < classical Latin labefact- , past participial stem of labefacere labefy v. + -iō -ion suffix¹; compare -faction comb. form. Compare earlier labefactation n. Compare also earlier labefact v.

Weakening, deterioration; an instance of this. Also: overthrow, downfall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health

failinga1382

sickeninga1382

wasting1398

downhielda1400

dissolutionc1400

debilitationa1492

defailing1502

effeeblishing1540

faintingc1540

effeeblishment1545

enervationa1575

feeblishing1574

declining1588

decay1609

flagging1611

labefaction1620

feebling1624

sinking1625

deading1645

dejection1652

fail1654

emperiment1674

decline1770

sapping1825

breakdown1858

attenuation1868

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition

rureOE

ebbingc1200

fallc1225

declinea1327

downfallingc1330

downfalla1400

fall of mana1400

wanea1400

ruinc1405

wrack1426

inclinationc1450

declination1533

labefactation1535

ebb1555

falling off1577

declining1581

inclining1590

declension1604

downset1608

neck-breaka1658

overseta1658

lapsing1665

reducement1667

lapse1680

labefaction1792

downshift1839

subsidence1839

downgrade1857

downturn1858

downslide1889

downswing1922

turn-down1957

tail-off1975

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > overthrow or downfall

labefaction1792

1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 41 A suddaine labefaction of the liuer.

1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 192 All means then shall bee taken in hand which may conduce to the preservation thereof [of a declaration], and all such removed, as may any way threaten it with labefaction.

1704 ‘Cleidophorus Mystagogus’ Mercury's Caducean Rod (ed. 2) v. 26 The body..must necessarily suffer a change and Labefaction.

1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 34. 271 We should..join them in promoting the labefaction of all human government.

1834 W. E. Gladstone in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1893) I. xiii. 309 Until the whole body of Churchmen is in such a state that all will be..secure against labefaction.

1878 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. I. v. 321 To private difficulties and causes of labefaction such as these, must be added several notable measures of confiscation which took place within the same limits of time.

1937 Irish Monthly 65 205 To save Irish literature from the modern labefaction of the mind is to save something that is as liberal as the Catholic tradition can make it.

1952 K. Tynan in Spectator 11 Apr. 481/1 She is the cause of her husband's labefaction.

2012 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 31 May 17 I fear a labefaction of decency and civil order among Malaysians, including those in positions of influence and power.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labefaction
释义	labefactionn. Brit. /ˌlabᵻˈfakʃn/, U.S. /ˌlæbəˈfækʃən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin labefaction-, labefactio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin labefaction-, labefactio weakening (5th cent.) < classical Latin labefact- , past participial stem of labefacere labefy v. + -iō -ion suffix¹; compare -faction comb. form. Compare earlier labefactation n. Compare also earlier labefact v. Weakening, deterioration; an instance of this. Also: overthrow, downfall. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health failinga1382 sickeninga1382 wasting1398 downhielda1400 dissolutionc1400 debilitationa1492 defailing1502 effeeblishing1540 faintingc1540 effeeblishment1545 enervationa1575 feeblishing1574 declining1588 decay1609 flagging1611 labefaction1620 feebling1624 sinking1625 deading1645 dejection1652 fail1654 emperiment1674 decline1770 sapping1825 breakdown1858 attenuation1868 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition rureOE ebbingc1200 fallc1225 declinea1327 downfallingc1330 downfalla1400 fall of mana1400 wanea1400 ruinc1405 wrack1426 inclinationc1450 declination1533 labefactation1535 ebb1555 falling off1577 declining1581 inclining1590 declension1604 downset1608 neck-breaka1658 overseta1658 lapsing1665 reducement1667 lapse1680 labefaction1792 downshift1839 subsidence1839 downgrade1857 downturn1858 downslide1889 downswing1922 turn-down1957 tail-off1975 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > overthrow or downfall labefaction1792 1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 41 A suddaine labefaction of the liuer. 1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 192 All means then shall bee taken in hand which may conduce to the preservation thereof [of a declaration], and all such removed, as may any way threaten it with labefaction. 1704 ‘Cleidophorus Mystagogus’ Mercury's Caducean Rod (ed. 2) v. 26 The body..must necessarily suffer a change and Labefaction. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 34. 271 We should..join them in promoting the labefaction of all human government. 1834 W. E. Gladstone in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1893) I. xiii. 309 Until the whole body of Churchmen is in such a state that all will be..secure against labefaction. 1878 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. I. v. 321 To private difficulties and causes of labefaction such as these, must be added several notable measures of confiscation which took place within the same limits of time. 1937 Irish Monthly 65 205 To save Irish literature from the modern labefaction of the mind is to save something that is as liberal as the Catholic tradition can make it. 1952 K. Tynan in Spectator 11 Apr. 481/1 She is the cause of her husband's labefaction. 2012 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 31 May 17 I fear a labefaction of decency and civil order among Malaysians, including those in positions of influence and power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620
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