[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weakness \weak"ness\, n.
   1. the quality or state of being weak; want of strength or
      firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral
      strength; feebleness.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a
      fault; a defect.
      1913 webster

            many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness
            of an exalted character.              --spectator.
      1913 webster

   syn: feebleness; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmness;
        infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintness.
        1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

weakness
     n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's
          failings" syn: failing
     2: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of
        their weakness the group remains highly active" syn: helplessness,
         impuissance
     3: the property of lacking physical or mental strength;
        liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain;
        "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness
        of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" ant: strength
     4: the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of
        the dollar against the yen" ant: strength
     5: a penchant for something even though it might not be good
        for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
see also:
failing helplessness impuissance strength 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

400 moby thesaurus words for "weakness":
   amor, christian love, eros, platonic love, a thing for, abulia,
   accessibility, admiration, adoration, affection, affinity, agape,
   airiness, airy texture, amenableness, anemia, aptitude, aptness,
   ardency, ardor, area, ashiness, assailability, attachment,
   attenuation, bad habit, bag, bent, besetting sin, bias, bleariness,
   blemish, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, bodily love, brain fag,
   brotherly love, bug, cadaverousness, carelessness, caritas, cast,
   catch, chance, charity, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness,
   chink, chloranemia, conatus, conduciveness, conjugal love,
   contingency, cowardice, cowardliness, crack, crush, cullibility,
   cup of tea, darkness, deadness, deathly hue, deathly pallor,
   debilitation, debility, deceivability, decrescendo, defect,
   defection, deficiency, defocus, delicacy, delight, desire,
   devotion, diaphanousness, diathesis, dilutedness, dilution,
   dimness, disposition, drawback, dullness, dupability, eagerness,
   easiness, easygoingness, enervation, enfeeblement, ethereality,
   eventuality, exiguity, exility, exsanguination, eyestrain,
   fadedness, failing, failure, faintheart, faintheartedness,
   faintness, fairness, faithful love, fancy, fatigue, fault, faute,
   fear, feeblemindedness, feebleness, feeling for, fervor, field,
   filminess, fineness, flabbiness, flame, flatness, flavorlessness,
   flaw, flimsiness, fogginess, foible, fondness, forcelessness,
   forte, frailty, free love, free-lovism, fuzziness, gauziness,
   gentleness, ghastliness, goneness, gossameriness, gracility,
   greenness, gullibility, gust, gusto, haggardness, half-visibility,
   haziness, heart, heart strain, heel of achilles, henheartedness,
   hero worship, hoaxability, hole, human equation, human frailty,
   human weakness, humanity, humanness, hypochromia,
   hypochromic anemia, idolatry, idolism, idolization, imperfection,
   impotence, impotency, imprecision, impressionability, impuissance,
   inadequacy, inanity, inclination, indefiniteness, indifference,
   indistinctness, indistinguishability, ineffectiveness,
   ineffectuality, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, infatuation,
   infirmity, influenceability, ingenuousness, insipidity,
   insipidness, insubstantiality, jadedness, jejuneness, jejunity,
   kink, laciness, lack of force, lack of influence,
   lack of magnetism, lack of personality, lack of power, languor,
   lasciviousness, lassitude, laxity, laxness, leaning, leniency,
   liability, liableness, libido, lifelessness, lightness, like,
   likelihood, likeliness, likes, liking, lily-liveredness, line,
   little problem, lividness, long suit, looseness, loosening, love,
   lovemaking, low profile, lowness, main interest, malleability,
   manner, married love, mental fatigue, mental strain, metier,
   mildness, milksopism, milksoppiness, milksoppishness, mistiness,
   moral flaw, mortality, movability, muddiness, naiveness, naivete,
   naivety, negligence, no say, obligation, obscurity,
   open-mindedness, openness, overindulgence, overpermissiveness,
   overstrain, overtiredness, paleness, pallidity, pallidness, pallor,
   paperiness, passion, pastiness, penchant, penetrability,
   permissiveness, persuadability, perviousness, pet subject,
   physical love, pigeonheartedness, pliability, popular regard,
   popularity, possibility, power vacuum, powerlessness, predilection,
   predisposition, pregnability, prejudice, prison pallor,
   probability, problem, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pursuit,
   rarity, readiness, receptiveness, regard, relaxation, relaxedness,
   relish, remissness, responsiveness, rift, sallowness, saplessness,
   savorlessness, seduceability, semivisibility, sensitivity to,
   sentiment, sex, sexual love, shadowiness, shine, shortcoming,
   sickliness, sickly hue, simpleness, simplicity, slackness,
   sleepiness, slenderness, slightness, slimness, sloppiness, snag,
   soft focus, soft spot, softheartedness, softness,
   something missing, specialism, speciality, specialization,
   specialty, spinelessness, spiritual love, staleness,
   stance fatigue, strain, strong point, style, subaudibility,
   subduedness, subtility, suggestibility, susceptibility,
   swayableness, taint, taste, tastelessness, technicality, tendency,
   tender feeling, tender passion, tenderheartedness, tenderness,
   tenuity, thinness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tiredness,
   tropism, truelove, turn, twist, type, unauthoritativeness,
   uncertainty, unclearness, uninfluentiality, unmanfulness,
   unmanliness, unpersuasiveness, unplainness, unrestraint,
   unsavoriness, unsophistication, uxoriousness, vague appearance,
   vagueness, vapidity, vice, vincibility, vocation, vulnerability,
   vulnerable place, vulnerable point, wanness, warm heart,
   warmheartedness, warp, wateriness, way, weak link, weak point,
   weak side, weak will, weak-mindedness, weakheartedness,
   wearifulness, weariness, willingness, wishy-washiness, wispiness,
   worship, yearning, yellowness

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Congenital Weakness
...Proximal Weakness: Legs > Arms *Face: Mild weakness *Extraocular ... Onset: Up to 12 years *Weakness *Mild weakness *Proximal ± Distal; ... ..
http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/syncm.html, score=100, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 9:22 am

Wi-Fi Networking News: Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA Interface
...Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA Interface Anyone with knowledge ... Wi-Fi Networking News: Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA Interface ... ..
http://www.wifinetnews.com/archives/002452.html, score=99, date indexed=January 10, 2006, 3:19 pm

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http://www.policyreview.org/JUN02/kagan_print.html, score=99, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:11 am

Rat & Mouse Gazette: Medical Corner: Weakness in Older Rats: A Paralysis Primer
...... The spinal cord may be compressed and cause weakness. Weakness from ... mild weakness as soon as possible. Weakness in its earliest stages may ... ..
http://www.rmca.org/Articles/paralysis.htm, score=88, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 1:22 am

...Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance. You can’t do more than 30 damage ... This power does 20 damage to that Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and ... ..
http://www.pojo.com/CCQA/Neo4spoiler.txt, score=68, date indexed=December 1, 2005, 7:48 am

Carnegie Endowment - Power and Weakness
...But it also reflected Europe's weakness relative to the United States ... Nor is the weakness of eu foreign policy today necessarily proof that ... ..
http://www.denbeste.nu/external/Kagan01.html, score=66, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:17 am

Foreign Policy In Focus Policy Report: A Coalition of Weakness
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http://www.fpif.org/papers/hr.html, score=59, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:07 am

Uplink-PL.info - ZMIANA ADRESU!!!
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http://www.tkk.pl/~jery/uplink/, score=56, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 8:14 pm

Managing Neck Muscle Weakness
...Most people with neck weakness are unable to tolerate wearing a collar ... In fact, neck muscle weakness can lead to a vicious cycle of limited ... ..
http://www.alsnetwork.com/managing.htm, score=54, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 12:31 am

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