Synonyms for Attrition:

• n.

  •
  • skirmish,
  • gradual disintegration,
  • campaign,
  • combat,
  • assault,
  • mission,
  • pitched battle,
  • battle,
  • struggle,
  • depreciation,
  • war,
  • weakening,
  • incursion,
  • decline.
  •
  • cutback,
  • cut,
  • plunge,
  • collapse,
  • fall,
  • slump.
  •
  • resign,
  • bow out,
  • stand-down,
  • hand in your notice/resignation,
  • give/hand in (your) notice,
  • vacate,
  • step aside,
  • quit,
  • retire,
  • leave.
  •act (noun)
  • attrition.
  •attrition (noun)
  • contrition,
  • corrasion,
  • abrasion,
  • grinding.
  •compunction (noun)
  • stab conscience,
  • mis-giving,
  • mis giving.
  •contrition (noun)
  • selfreproach,
  • selfreproaches,
  • self reproach,
  • self-reproaches,
  • self reproaches.
  •erosion (noun)
  • wearing downs,
  • de sedimentation,
  • de crease,
  • dis integrations,
  • de spoliation,
  • washing aways,
  • de spoliations,
  • de-crease,
  • dis integration,
  • de-spoliations,
  • de-creases,
  • desedimentations,
  • de-sedimentation,
  • dis-integrations,
  • grinding downs,
  • spoilings,
  • de-spoliation,
  • dis-integration,
  • de sedimentations,
  • eating aways,
  • de creases,
  • de-sedimentations.
  •friction (noun)
  • Filings,
  • gratings,
  • Trituration,
  • grindings,
  • raspings,
  • scrapings,
  • Fretting.
  •loss (noun)
  • dissolution,
  • forfeiture,
  • privation,
  • dissipation,
  • dispossession,
  • ruin,
  • decrement,
  • depletion,
  • shrinkage,
  • deprivation,
  • divestiture,
  • setback,
  • expropriation,
  • loss,
  • debit,
  • exhaustion.
  •penance (noun)
  • sackcloth ashes,
  • selfflagellation,
  • selfflagellations,
  • sackcloth and ash,
  • expiations,
  • self flagellation,
  • sackcloth ash,
  • self flagellations,
  • self-flagellations.
  •penitence (noun)
  • atonement,
  • confession,
  • apology,
  • breast-beating.
  •reduction (noun)
  • subduals,
  • de-valuation,
  • de valuation,
  • sub duals,
  • dis counts,
  • sub-tractions,
  • dis-counts,
  • over throw,
  • sub dual,
  • re bates,
  • over throws,
  • re-bate,
  • over-throw,
  • sub tractions,
  • sub-duals,
  • sub-traction,
  • re bate,
  • sub traction,
  • de-valuations,
  • sub-dual,
  • de valuations,
  • over-throws.
  •redundancy (noun)
  • over abundance,
  • pro-fusion,
  • super abundances,
  • macrologies,
  • copiosities,
  • super-abundance,
  • co piosity,
  • co-piosities,
  • supererogations,
  • co-piosity,
  • over abundances,
  • super-abundances,
  • pro fusions,
  • pro-fusions,
  • co piosities,
  • over-abundances.
  •remorse (noun)
  • re-morse,
  • re-morses,
  • pangs conscience,
  • re morses,
  • re morse.
  •repentance (noun)
  • sorrinesses.
  •rub (noun)
  • strokings,
  • smoothings,
  • kneadings.
  •wear (noun)
  • in-roads,
  • in roads,
  • dis-appearance,
  • dis appearances,
  • in-road,
  • in road,
  • dis-appearances,
  • dis appearance.
  •wear and tear (noun)
  • weatherings,
  • ablations,
  • hard wear,
  • overuse,
  • overuses,
  • ravages of time.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • remorsefulness,
  • Penitency.
  •
  • resistance.
  •Other relevant words:
  • retraction,
  • impairment,
  • discord,
  • Languishment,
  • using up,
  • chafe,
  • abatement,
  • diminution,
  • Weathering,
  • grief,
  • extraction,
  • dressing,
  • dip,
  • damage,
  • enervation,
  • expending,
  • Crumbling,
  • scratch,
  • remission,
  • Levigation,
  • brecciation,
  • burning up,
  • fatigue,
  • coefficient of friction,
  • shame,
  • sliding friction,
  • wastefulness,
  • wastage,
  • curtailment,
  • grazing,
  • shining,
  • evisceration,
  • expenditure,
  • disagreement,
  • scratching,
  • ruth,
  • atomization,
  • dispute,
  • shamefacedness,
  • Abrading,
  • Blunting,
  • redundancy,
  • Burnishing,
  • wearing down,
  • deadening,
  • excoriation,
  • mitigation,
  • derogation,
  • Powdering,
  • debilitation,
  • detraction,
  • scraping,
  • elbow grease,
  • abrasive,
  • trench warfare,
  • Apologies,
  • absorption,
  • scuff,
  • spending,
  • scrape,
  • deterioration,
  • Mashing,
  • roughness,
  • filing,
  • grinding away,
  • stroke,
  • Dulling,
  • Shredding,
  • impoverishment,
  • scrub,
  • penitently,
  • shamefulness,
  • Comminution,
  • Regretting,
  • Deliquescence,
  • fragmentation,
  • smashing,
  • stroking,
  • massage,
  • conflict,
  • assimilation,
  • galling,
  • shamefastness,
  • granulation,
  • regrets,
  • waste,
  • finishing,
  • softening,
  • slackening,
  • pounding,
  • Buffing,
  • enfeeblement,
  • Damping,
  • ayenbite of inwit,
  • thinning,
  • erasure,
  • digestion,
  • ingestion,
  • Smoothing,
  • corroding,
  • repining,
  • bitterness,
  • crushing,
  • extenuation,
  • beating,
  • corrosion,
  • inanition,
  • Effemination,
  • rosin,
  • scrubbing,
  • wistfulness,
  • wearing out,
  • sandblasting,
  • Confrication,
  • shortening,
  • drain,
  • scouring,
  • Arrosion,
  • dilution,
  • relaxation,
  • Sanding,
  • Affriction,
  • rasping,
  • chafing,
  • Fraying,
  • ablation,
  • truncation,
  • retrenchment,
  • consumption,
  • Frication,
  • attenuation,
  • polishing,
  • Limature,
  • Limation,
  • cutting,
  • squandering,
  • disparagement,
  • devitalization,
  • dissension,
  • regretfulness,
  • wasting away,
  • grating,
  • disintegration.

Paraphrases for Attrition:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    exertion.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    depletion, abandonment, exhaustion, deterioration, resignation, downsizing, dropout, discontinuation, Depuration, drop-out, departure, diminution, neglect.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    erosion, desertion, separation, wear, mortality, usury, drain, turnover, decrease.

Antonyms for Attrition:

• n.

  • wearing down or away
    strengthening, happiness, building.
  • Other antonyms:
    increase, gain, buildup.

Homophones for Attrition:

• adoration.

Hyponym for Attrition:

• n.

  • act
    rubbing, friction, detrition.
  • event
    drop-off, lessening, decrease.
  • phenomenon
    rubbing, friction.
  • process
    wearing, wearing away, eating away, erosion, eroding.