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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Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Lack :: Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
Caution :: Caution (n.) A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness..
Nondiscovery :: Nondiscovery (n.) Want or failure of discovery.
Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
Nonconformity :: Nonconformity (n.) Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship..
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
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..
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..
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Miss :: Miss (n.) The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc..
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) A failure or backing ou.
Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t..
Nonconduction :: Nonconduction (n.) The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.
Nonimportation :: Nonimportation (n.) Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
Nonperformance :: Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.
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