Faint"ness, n. 1.
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness,
and self-control.
2. Want of vigor or energy.
Spenser.
3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of
distinctness; as, faintness of description.
4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness;
dejection.
I will send a faintness into their
hearts.
Lev. xxvi. 36.