weakness

Noun

1. The condition of being weak.
   • Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility
   • In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis.

   Synonyms: debility frailty vulnerability vincibility

   Antonyms: strength power powerfulness invulnerability invincibility

   Coordinate Terms: powerlessness impotence incapacity

2. An inadequate quality; fault.
   • His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness.
   • The only weakness in her plan was its reliance on the electricity being up and running.
   • The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad....

   Synonyms: defect flaw hole

   Antonyms: strength forte

3. A special fondness or obsessing desire.
   • She is an athlete who has a weakness for chocolate.

   Synonyms: soft spot