LekhoriLekhoriGrinding down or wearing away by friction.
A gradual reduction in number.
Recent years have seen […] more and more blatant reversals of previous Supreme Court decisions in favor of the constitutional rights of minorities. These increasingly conservative decisions, and constant attrition of individuals' rights, have directly paralleled the alarming increase of convictions in our courts.
Imperfect contrition or remorse.
15th century, from Middle English attricion, attricioun, from Middle French attricion, attrition and its etymon, Latin attrītiō (“a rubbing against”), from the verb attrītus, past participle of atterō...
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To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).
[…] but the heart of the health services in New York will have to attrition out some 3,000 to 5,000 jobs.
To undergo a reduction in number.
The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school.