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Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.

Nonconduction :: Nonconduction (n.) The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

Cease :: Cease (v. i.) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

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.

Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..

Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt..

Failure :: Failure (n.) Want of success; the state of having failed.

Peter :: Peter (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out..

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..

Unfailable :: Unfailable (a.) Infallible.

Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..

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

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..

Uncomprehend :: Uncomprehend (v. t.) To fail to comprehend.

Misobserver :: Misobserver (n.) One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.

Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..

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