Definition of fault

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Fault (n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish..

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Culprit :: Culprit (p. p.) One quilty of a fault; a criminal.
Criticism :: Criticism (n.) The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Inculpableness :: Inculpableness (n.) Blamelessness; faultlessness.
Amiss :: Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake..
At :: At (prep.) The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage..
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding..
Faulty :: Faulty (a.) Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure..
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit..
Vicious :: Vicious (a.) Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
Squalodon :: Squally (a.) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Downthrow :: Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n..
Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..
Hade :: Hade (v. i.) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode..
Fault :: Fault (v. i.) To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong..
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.
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