Definition of fault

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Fault (v. t.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted..

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Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute..
Defaulted :: Defaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Defaul.
Confidence :: Confidence (n.) Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.
Pain :: Pain (n.) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
Scold :: Scold (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant..
Condign :: Condign (a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Redhibitory :: Redhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault..
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault..
Blameless :: Blameless (a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite..
Heterophemist :: Heterophemist (n.) One liable to the fault of heterophemy.
Misdemeanor :: Misdemeanor (n.) Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.
Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty..
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.
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..
Amiss :: Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..
Fault :: Fault (n.) Defect; want; lack; default.
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