Attrition | Mean of attrition in English Dictionary

/əˈtrɪʃən/

• Noun
• a reduction in the number of employees or participants that occurs when people leave because they resign, retire, etc., and are not replaced
1. The staff has been thinned through attrition. [=the staff has become smaller because people have left]
2. Attrition is high among social workers because of the difficult work and poor pay.
3. a growing attrition rate = a growing rate of attrition
• the act or process of weakening and gradually defeating an enemy through constant attacks and continued pressure over a long period of time
1. They can only gain victory by fighting a long war of attrition.