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Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails..

Blot :: Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said..

Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent..

Sorehead :: Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like..

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

Fault :: Fault (n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish..

Failed :: Failed (imp. & p. p.) of Fai.

Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..

Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Nonadmission :: Nonadmission (n.) Failure to be admitted.

Bezoar :: Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea..

Remiss :: Remiss (n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

Nonproficiency :: Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..

Failure :: Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..

Miscarry :: Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat..

Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.

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