infractĭo, ōnis, f. [infringo],
I a breaking to pieces , Prisc. 1282 P.—
II Trop., a weakening : infractio et demissio animi, despondency , Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14.
īnfrāctiō ōnis, f 1 in+FRAC-, a breaking, weakening : animi, despondency . ...
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