[{"word":"attrition","phonetic":"[əˈtɹɪʃən]","phonetics":[{"text":"[əˈtɹɪʃən]","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Wearing or grinding down by friction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The loss of participants during an experiment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Imperfect contrition or remorse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["natural wastage"],"antonyms":["accretion"]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To grind or wear down through friction.","synonyms":["attrit"],"antonyms":[],"example":"attritioned teeth; attritioned rock"},{"definition":"To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"As a result of the new policy, people were being attritioned out."},{"definition":"To undergo a reduction in number.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school."}],"synonyms":["attrit"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attrition"]}]