Faintness

n.	1.	The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
	2.	Want of vigor or energy.
	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.

Noun	1.	faintness - barely audible
	2.	faintness - the quality of being dim Synonyms: dimness

softness