Definition of Fatigue

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Fatigue

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.

The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

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Fatigue Quotations

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi

Fatigue is the best pillow.
Benjamin Franklin

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
Dale Carnegie

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Thomas Paine

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
Robert Louis Stevenson

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.
Charles Babbage

Fatigue Translations

fatigue in Dutch is afmatten, afjakkeren, afbeulen
fatigue in Latin is labor, fatigo
fatigue in Norwegian is tretthet
fatigue in Portuguese is fatiga
fatigue in Spanish is fatiga

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