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English
Noun
attrition

1. wearing or grinding down by friction
2. (military) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death
3. A policy of decruitment by not recruiting following voluntary resignation or retirement.
4. The loss of participants during an experiment

Translations
(wearing by friction)

Finnish: kuluminen, hiertyminen
French: usure (f)
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Japanese: 磨� (mam�)

(reduction in membership)

French: départs volontaires (m)
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Japanese: �� (sh�m�)

(policy of decruitment)

French: départs volontaires (m)
mid

See also
attrition damage

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