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The quality or degree of attractive power.

Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. Arbuthnot.

Matter pulverized by attrition.

To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid. [Obs.]

Expert; skillful; well instructed.

A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit. R. F. Foster.

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.

An audience; a hearing. [Obs.] He appeals to a high audit. Milton.

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

The act of hearing or listening; hearing. Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.] Cotgrave.

A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.

Auditory. [R.]

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

The office or function of auditor.

Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.

A female hearer. Milton.

Auditory. [R.] Coleridge.