Definition of fail

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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..

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Flincher :: Flincher (n.) One who flinches or fails.
Mismanagement :: Mismanagement (n.) Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement..
Unknow :: Unknow (v. t.) To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..
Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Noncompletion :: Noncompletion (n.) Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Default :: Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc..
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..
Defailure :: Defailure (n.) Failure.
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..
Denutrition :: Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
Sure :: Sure (superl.) Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..
Unintermission :: Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.
Instability :: Instability (n.) The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building..
Blot :: Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
Immortification :: Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
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