1. the gradual wearing away or reduction of something through friction, pressure, or sustained attack
2. the gradual reduction in workforce, membership, or participants through resignation, retirement, or other departures
Usage: business; organizational

Examples

• The company experienced high attritions in its sales department this quarter.
• Years of weather caused severe attritions to the stone monument.
• The military strategy relied on gradual attritions of enemy forces.
• Employee attritions increased after the policy changes were announced.
• Constant use led to attritions in the machine’s moving parts.
• The school faced student attritions due to budget cuts in programs.