Synonyms for attrition
əˈtrɪʃ ənat·tri·tion

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1. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

2. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

3. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

4. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

5. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

6. attritionnoun

   Antonyms:
   accretion

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1. attrition

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, repentance, affliction, penitence, compunction, remorse, self-reproach

   Antonyms:
   impenitence, callousness, obduracy, reprobation, relentlessness

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1. abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detritionnoun

   erosion by friction

   Synonyms:
   excoriation, corrasion, contriteness, rubbing, detrition, contrition, scratch, friction, abrasion, scrape, grinding

2. grinding, abrasion, attrition, detritionnoun

   the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

   Synonyms:
   excoriation, corrasion, contriteness, rubbing, detrition, contrition, scratch, friction, abrasion, scrape, grinding

3. attrition, contrition, contritenessnoun

   sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

   Synonyms:
   contriteness, abrasion, grinding, corrasion, contrition, detrition

4. attritionnoun

   a wearing down to weaken or destroy

   "a war of attrition"

   Synonyms:
   contriteness, abrasion, grinding, corrasion, contrition, detrition

5. attritionnoun

   the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction

   Synonyms:
   contriteness, abrasion, grinding, corrasion, contrition, detrition

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1. • Decrease
   • Friction
   • Sorrow

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1. attritionnoun

   Synonyms:
   abrasion, friction, rubbing

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1. List of paraphrases for "attrition":

   wear, depuration, erosion

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1. Josh Putnam:

   This isn't a conventional cycle, but what we tend to see is a war of attrition, (Traditionally) it's not about getting to a magic number, it's the race ending as a function of the last viable candidate dropping out. But that's where 2016 is different, there's a significant motivation from some within the Republican Party to prevent Trump from getting the nomination.

2. Chief Executive Brian Moynihan:

   The attrition we see is ... in the lower production levels, mainly due to people not being able to build a book of business.

3. Phil Wagner:

   Attrition and costs associated with non-deployable warfighters are at an all-time high. With uncertainty and potential budget cuts possible, the DoD can no longer afford to ignore the costs of our non-deployable assets, congress has recognized this and has taken an important step to get ahead of it.

4. Nicole Schwegman:

   The Department does not manipulate military recruiting data, as part of achieving their End-strength objectives, the Services set their own recruitment goals and will make adjustment to those goals based upon Service retention rates, separation rates, and attrition.

5. Kenji Hashimoto:

   Given the number of Envoy pilots flowing through to American each month or leaving due to normal attrition, Envoy will not have the pilots we need to fly our 2015 schedule, Without a cost-effective pilot agreement in place, Envoy will not secure new jets and faces challenges in recruiting new pilots without the promise of a renewed fleet.