Definition of fault

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Fault (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc..

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Fault :: Fault (n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
Imperfection :: Imperfection (a.) The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
Decry :: Decry (v. t.) To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage..
Disculpate :: Disculpate (v. t.) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
Slip :: Slip (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..
Confessor :: Confessor (n.) One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith..
Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
Faulting :: Faulting (n.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.
Malnutrition :: Malnutrition (n.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
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..
Fault :: Fault (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
Downthrow :: Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n..
Air Hole :: Air hole () A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults..
Leap :: Leap (n.) A fault.
Frailty :: Frailty (a.) A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
Default :: Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
Bill :: Bill (n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law..
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