Definition of fault

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Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

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Disculpate :: Disculpate (v. t.) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence..
Faulter :: Faulter (n.) One who commits a fault.
Faulty :: Faulty (a.) Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure..
Inaccuracy :: Inaccuracy (n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc..
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious.
Fault :: Fault (n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
Blame :: Blame (v.) An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault..
Caviling :: Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
Lack :: Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Warning :: Warning (n.) Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition..
Leap :: Leap (n.) A fault.
Reprove :: Reprove (v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults..
Inadvertency :: Inadvertency (n.) An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence..
Smooth :: Smooth (a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault..
Faultily :: Faultily (adv.) In a faulty manner.
Vitiate :: Vitiate (v. t.) To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air..
Redhibitory :: Redhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault..
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.
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