Definition of failure

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Failure (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise..

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Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) The failure of a crop, or the like..
Innutrition :: Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
Incognizance :: Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Indigestion :: Indigestion (n.) Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
Indefectible :: Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay..
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..
Agalaxy :: Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
Dearth :: Dearth (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine..
Unsuccessful :: Unsuccessful (a.) Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy..
Unintermission :: Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.
Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef..
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..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort.
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
Defailure :: Defailure (n.) Failure.
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