Definition of failure

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

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Nonsolution :: Nonsolution (n.) Failure of solution or explanation.
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..
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..
Delinquency :: Delinquency (n.) Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.
Nonimportation :: Nonimportation (n.) Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..
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..
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..
Noncompliance :: Noncompliance (n.) Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..
Failure :: Failure (n.) A failing; a slight fault.
Dearth :: Dearth (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine..
Unintermission :: Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.
Nonadmission :: Nonadmission (n.) Failure to be admitted.
Innutrition :: Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
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..
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Nonpayment :: Nonpayment (n.) Neglect or failure to pay.
Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..
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