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Definition of abrasion : 1. A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
2. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
3. The substance rubbed off.

Synonyms:

lolly, grind, cacography, scratching, bread, contriteness, dinero, scrawl, run, excoriation, moolah, starting line, shekels, wampum, sugar, graze, dent, lucre, bruise, blackhead, boil, abrade, rasp, contrition, detrition, incision, chicken feed, boodle, rub, corrasion, pelf, simoleons, chafe, buff, abscess, attrition, scratch line, clams, start, black eye, athlete's foot, kale, dough, cabbage, gelt, bedsore, knead, lettuce, loot, prick, scribble

fault, drawback, blotch, pockmark, scratch, hack, deformity, notch, eyesore, scrape, stigma, mark, damage, rift, blemish, discoloration, lesion, blot, fleck, scar, defect, nick, splotch, gash, check, spoilage, scuff, impurity, kink, distortion, freckle, flaw, tarnish, stain, blister, speck, score, spot, hurt, hole, weal, brand, imperfection, disfigurement, dot, chip, crack, wart, sore, slit, mar, defacement, scab, fracture

grinding, rubbing, chafing, wearing, resistance, friction, fretting, scrubbing, rasping, scraping

Usage examples:

• Differences in the houses, breaks below water, two doors instead of one, platforms like an oven instead of a shelf, are probably explained by the continual abrasion of the current. - "The Story of the Trapper", A. C. Laut.
• Ore minerals concentrated in placers are those which resist abrasion and chemical solution during the processes of weathering and transportation, and which have a density sufficiently high so that they are partially sorted out and concentrated from the accompanying quartz and other minerals. - "The Economic Aspect of Geology", C. K. Leith.
• They were extremely sensitive to pain, his hands, and a little pinch or abrasion would cause him marked discomfort. - "Father Payne", Arthur Christopher Benson.