Faint"ness , n.
1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
2. Want of vigor
or energy.
Spenser.
3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.
4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
I will send a faintness into their hearts.
Lev. xxvi. 36.
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