[ ə'trɪʃ(ə)n ]
■ noun
1》 the action or process of gradually wearing down through sustained attack or pressure.
2》 wearing away by friction.
3》 (in scholastic theology) sorrow for sin falling short of contrition.
Derivatives
~al adjective
Origin
ME: from late L. attritio(n-) , from atterere 'to rub'.