'Attrition' may refer to:
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wear
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Attrition (medicine, epidemiology), the loss of participants during an experiment
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Attrition (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from opposing teeth
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Attrition (weathering), the wearing away of rocks in the sea
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Imperfect contrition, also known as attrition, in Catholic theology
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Attrition warfare, the military strategy of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in personnel and material
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Customer attrition, a business term used to describe loss of clients or customers
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Language attrition, the loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by either a community or an individual
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War of Attrition, a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970
proper names:
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Attrition (website), a website related to information security
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War of attrition (game), a model of aggression in game theory, formulated by John Maynard Smith
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Attrition (band), an electronic music band
See also
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deterioration