Definition of fault

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

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Culpable :: Culpable (a.) Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. i.) To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly..
Condign :: Condign (a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Vicety :: Vicety (n.) Fault; defect; coarseness.
Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty..
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Exculpate :: Exculpate (v. t.) To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..
Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Criticise :: Criticise (v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct..
Failance :: Failance (n.) Fault; failure; omission.
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..
Transgressive :: Transgressive (a.) Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. .
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.
Underlay :: Underlay (n.) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie..
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