Definition of failure

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Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business..

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Delinquency :: Delinquency (n.) Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.
Irrecognition :: Irrecognition (n.) A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
Remiss :: Remiss (n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.
Nonalienation :: Nonalienation (n.) Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated..
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
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..
Default :: Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Immortification :: Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.
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..
Indefectible :: Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay..
Nonconduction :: Nonconduction (n.) The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.
Lack :: Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food..
Failure :: Failure (n.) A failing; a slight fault.
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..
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Failure :: Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort.
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