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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Labefaction

· Lab·e·fac·tion · IPA /ˌlæb.əˈfæk.ʃən/
01 n. The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
  1. 1.
    The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
    “There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality.” Johnson.