Definition of fault

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

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Blame :: Blame (v. t.) To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
Faulty :: Faulty (a.) Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure..
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor..
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..
Task :: Task (v. t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
Criticise :: Criticise (v. i.) To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault..
Censure :: Censure (n.) The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
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..
Unimpeachable :: Unimpeachable (a.) Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony..
Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously..
Correctly :: Correctly (adv.) In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
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..
Fault :: Fault (v. i.) To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong..
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.
Pick-fault :: Pick-fault (n.) One who seeks out faults.
Facile :: Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
Twit :: Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood..
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..
Inculpableness :: Inculpableness (n.) Blamelessness; faultlessness.
Exculpatory :: Exculpatory () Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing..
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