Backbone and Weakness

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Backbone

Backbone noun - A column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal.
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Weakness is an antonym for backbone in topics: strength of character, spinal column of vertebrate.
Nearby Word: backboned

Weakness

Weakness noun - The quality or state of lacking strength of will or character.
Usage example: in a moment of weakness he shoplifted the comic book
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Backbone is an antonym for weakness.
Nearby Words: weak, weaken, weakly, weakening, weakling
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emotional emotional backbone emotional weakness
actual actual backbone actual weakness
real real backbone real weakness
main main backbone main weakness
Other adjectives: moral, major, military, structural.
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