Definition of fault

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Fault (n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

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Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Defalcator :: Defalcator (n.) A defaulter or embezzler.
Rub :: Rub (n.) Imperfection; failing; fault.
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..
Blame :: Blame (v. t.) To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment..
Implicate :: Implicate (v. t.) To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc..
Frailty :: Frailty (a.) A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
Blamable :: Blamable (a.) Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..
Culpa :: Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart..
Lack :: Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault..
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..
Pick-fault :: Pick-fault (n.) One who seeks out faults.
Amiss :: Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake..
Faulter :: Faulter (n.) One who commits a fault.
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