n. 1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will send a faintness into their hearts. Lev. xxvi. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]