"faintness" in the noun sense
1. faintness
a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
2. faintness
the property of being without strength
"the faintness or potency of the feeling"
3. faintness
barely audible
4. faintheartedness, faintness
the trait of lacking boldness and courage
"faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose"
5. dimness, faintness
the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
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