Definition of failure

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

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Failure :: Failure (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise..
Nonfulfillment :: Nonfulfillment (n.) Neglect or failure to fulfill.
Fizzle :: Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort.
Missuccess :: Missuccess (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..
Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case..
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) a total failure in a recitation.
Lesion :: Lesion (n.) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.
Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it..
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Denutrition :: Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
Nondiscovery :: Nondiscovery (n.) Want or failure of discovery.
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.
Nonarrival :: Nonarrival (n.) Failure to arrive.
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Unsuccess :: Unsuccess (n.) Want of success; failure; misfortune.
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