lăbĕfactātĭo: ōnis, f. labefacio,I a shaking, loosening, weakening.I Lit.: dentium, looseness, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56.— *II Trop.: mediocris labefactatio caedi comparatur, Quint. 8, 4, 14: libertatis, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 5, § 5.