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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Faulty :: Faulty (a.) Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure..
Reprove :: Reprove (v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults..
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault..
Lack :: Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Monitor :: Monitor (n.) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution..
Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..
Faulting :: Faulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Faul.
Jump :: Jump (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Ordure :: Ordure (n.) Defect; imperfection; fault.
Fault-finder :: Fault-finder (n.) One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
Cavil :: Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
Squalodon :: Squally (a.) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc..
Fault :: Fault (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc..
Peccadillo :: Peccadillo (n.) A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.
Excuser :: Excuser (n.) One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
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..
Error :: Error (n.) A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
Small :: Small (superl.) Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business..
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