Definition of failure

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Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..

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Owing :: Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations..
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..
Unerring :: Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God..
Nondeposition :: Nondeposition (n.) A failure to deposit or throw down.
Innutrition :: Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Failure :: Failure (n.) Want of success; the state of having failed.
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..
Nonproduction :: Nonproduction (n.) A failure to produce or exhibit.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) Refusal or failure to comply.
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Unsuccessful :: Unsuccessful (a.) Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy..
Reentry :: Reentry (n.) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease..
Deficiency :: Deficiency (n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Error :: Error (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base..
Indefectible :: Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay..
Nonproficiency :: Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.
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