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Learn to pronounce de·tri·tion

/dəˈtriSH(ə)n/
noun
the action of wearing something away by friction.

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Detrition definition: The act of wearing away by friction.
English edit. Noun edit. detrition (countable and uncountable, plural detritions). attrition; erosion by friction. Related terms edit.
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noun A wearing off; the act of wearing away. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.