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Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it..

Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator..

Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes..

Wrongness :: Wrongness (n.) The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault.

Misdemeanor :: Misdemeanor (n.) Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.

Lack :: Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

Weakness :: Weakness (n.) That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.

Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..

Sponsor :: Sponsor (n.) One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety..

Amend :: Amend (v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;.

Warning :: Warning (n.) Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition..

Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..

Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

Correctly :: Correctly (adv.) In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

Lack :: Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.

Wardmote :: Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like..

Defective :: Defective (a.) Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules..

Fault-finding :: Fault-finding (n.) The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

Natter :: Natter (v. i.) To find fault; to be peevish.

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