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Fault

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Noun

a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing
a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
responsibility for failure or a wrongful act
It is my fault that we have not finished.
an error or mistake
a fault in addition.
a misdeed or transgression
to confess one's faults.
Sports . (in tennis, handball, etc.)
a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court.
a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area.
Geology, Mining . a break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture (fault plane).
Manège . (of a horse jumping in a show) any of a number of improper executions in negotiating a jump, as a tick, knockdown, refusal, or run-out.
Electricity . a partial or total local failure in the insulation or continuity of a conductor or in the functioning of an electric system.
Hunting . a break in the line of scent; a losing of the scent; check.
Obsolete . lack; want.

Verb (used without object)

to commit a fault; blunder; err.
Geology . to undergo faulting.

Verb (used with object)

Geology . to cause a fault in.
to find fault with, blame, or censure. ?

Idioms

at fault
open to censure; blameworthy
to be at fault for a mistake.
in a dilemma; puzzled
to be at fault as to where to go.
(of hounds) unable to find the scent.
find fault
to seek and make known defects or flaws; complain; criticize
He constantly found fault with my behavior.
to a fault
to an extreme degree; excessively
She was generous to a fault.

Antonyms

noun
advantage , benefit , blessing , correctness , good , perfection , soundness , strength , beauty , impeccability , merit

Synonyms

noun
accountability , answerability , blunder , crime , culpability , defect , delinquency , dereliction , error , evil doing , failing , flaw , foible , frailty , guilt , impropriety , inaccuracy , indiscretion , infirmity , lapse , liability , loss of innocence , malfeasance , malpractice , misconduct , miscue , misdeed , misdemeanor , negligence , offense , omission , onus , oversight , peccancy , responsibility , slip , slip-up * , solecism , transgression , trespass , vice , weakness , wrong , wrongdoing , blemish , debility , deficiency , demerit , imperfection , lack , pimple , shortcoming , weak point , zit * , bug , blame , captiousness , catachresis , culpa , cynicism , default , dislocation , drawback , dysfunction , flub , glitch , mistake , neglect , paralogism , peccadillo , scrupulosity , sin , veniality
verb
censure , criticize , rap

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    a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, esp. in a petty way., noun, carper , caviler , criticizer , hypercritic , niggler , nitpicker...
  • Faultfinding

    the act of pointing out faults, esp. faults of a petty nature; carping., tending to find fault; disposed to complain or object; captious., adjective, captious...
  • Faultily

    having faults or defects; imperfect.
  • Faultiness

    having faults or defects; imperfect.
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  • Faultlessness

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