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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Missuccess :: Missuccess (n.) Failure.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Nonexportation :: Nonexportation (n.) A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
Nonperformance :: Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.
Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..
Nonalienation :: Nonalienation (n.) Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated..
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
Fiasco :: Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
Noncompletion :: Noncompletion (n.) Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) The failure of a crop, or the like..
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..
Nondiscovery :: Nondiscovery (n.) Want or failure of discovery.
Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..
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..
Nonadmission :: Nonadmission (n.) Failure to be admitted.
Nonobservance :: Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
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