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fault noun
1 fault A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention:— I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults.
synonyms: error , mistake .
Roget 947 :
guilt ,
guiltiness ;
culpability ;
criminality ,
criminousness † ;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940 † ;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945 .
misconduct ,
misbehavior ,
misdoing ,
misdeed ;
malpractice ,
fault ,
sin ,
error ,
transgression ;
dereliction ,
delinquency ;
indiscretion ,
lapse ,
slip ,
trip ,
faux pas [Fr.] ,
peccadillo ;
flaw ,
blot ,
omission ;
failing ,
failure ;
break ,
bad break! [U.S.] ,
capital crime ,
delictum [Lat.] .
offense ,
trespass ;
misdemeanor ,
misfeasance ,
misprision ;
malefaction ,
malfeasance ,
malversation ;
crime ,
felony .
enormity ,
atrocity ,
outrage ;
deadly sin ,
mortal sin ;
deed without a name "
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti .
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Roget 945 :
vice ;
evil-doing ,
evil courses ;
wrongdoing ;
wickedness ,
viciousness
etc.
adj.;
iniquity ,
peccability † ,
demerit ;
sin ,
Adam † ;
old Adam † ,
offending Adam † .
immorality ,
impropriety ,
indecorum ,
scandal ,
laxity ,
looseness of morals ;
enphagy † ,
dophagy † ,
exophagy † ;
want of principle ,
want of ballast ;
obliquity ,
backsliding ,
infamy ,
demoralization ,
pravity † ,
depravity ,
pollution ;
hardness of heart ;
brutality
etc.
(malevolence)
907 ;
corruption
etc.
(debasement)
659 ;
knavery
etc.
(improbity)
940 † ;
profligacy ;
flagrancy ,
atrocity ;
cannibalism ;
lesbianism ,
Sadism .
infirmity ;
weakness
etc.
adj.;
weakness of the flesh ,
frailty ,
imperfection ;
error ;
weak side ;
foible ;
failing ,
failure ;
crying sin ,
besetting sin ;
defect ,
deficiency ;
cloven foot .
lowest dregs of vice ,
sink of iniquity ,
Alsatian den † ;
gusto picaresco [It] .
fault ,
crime ;
criminality
etc.
(guilt)
947 .
sinner
etc.
949 .
[Resorts]
brothel
etc.
961 ;
gambling house
etc.
621 ;
joint [Slang] ,
opium den ,
shooting gallery ,
crack house .
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Roget 927 :
dereliction of duty ;
fault
etc.
(guilt)
947 ;
sin
etc.
(vice)
945 ;
non-observance ,
non-performance ;
neglect ,
relaxation ,
infraction ,
violation ,
transgression ,
failure ,
evasion ;
dead letter .
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Roget 732 :
failure ;
nonsuccess † ,
nonfulfillment ;
dead failure ,
successlessness † ;
abortion ,
miscarriage ;
brutum fulmen
etc.
158 [Lat.] ;
labor in vain
etc.
(inutility)
645 ;
no go ;
inefficacy † ;
inefficaciousness
etc.
adj.;
vain attempt ,
ineffectual attempt ,
abortive attempt ,
abortive efforts ;
flash in the pan ,
lame and impotent conclusion "
[Othello];
frustration ;
slip 'twixt cup and lip
etc.
(disappointment)
509 .
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495 ;
fault ,
omission ,
miss ,
oversight ,
slip ,
trip ,
stumble ,
claudication † ,
footfall ;
false step ,
wrong step ;
faux pas [Fr.] ,
titubation † ,
b_evue [Fr.] ,
faute [Fr.] ,
lurch ;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699 † ;
scrape ,
mess ,
fiasco ,
breakdown ;
flunk [U.S.] .
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735 ;
split ,
collapse ,
smash ,
blow ,
explosion .
repulse ,
rebuff ,
defeat ,
rout ,
overthrow ,
discomfiture ;
beating ,
drubbing ;
quietus ,
nonsuit † ,
subjugation ;
checkmate ,
stalemate ,
fool's mate .
fall ,
downfall ,
ruin ,
perdition ;
wreck
etc.
(destruction)
162 ;
deathblow ;
bankruptcy
etc.
(nonpayment)
808 .
losing game ,
affaire flamb_ee .
victim ;
bankrupt ;
flunker † ,
flunky [U.S.] .
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Roget 495 :
error ,
fallacy ;
misconception ,
misapprehension ,
misstanding † ,
misunderstanding ;
inexactness
etc.
adj.;
laxity ;
misconstruction
etc.
(misinterpretation)
523 ;
miscomputation
etc.
(misjudgment)
481 ;
non sequitur
etc.
477 ;
mis-statement ,
mis-report ;
mumpsimus † .
mistake ;
miss ,
fault ,
blunder ,
quiproquo ,
cross purposes ,
oversight ,
misprint ,
erratum ,
corrigendum ,
slip ,
blot ,
flaw ,
loose thread ;
trip ,
stumble
etc.
(failure)
732 ;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699 † ;
slip of the tongue ,
slip of the lip ,
Freudian slip ;
slip of the pen ;
lapsus linguae [Lat.] ,
clerical error ;
bull
etc.
(absurdity)
497 ;
haplography † .
illusion ,
delusion ;
snare ;
false impression ,
false idea ;
bubble ;
self-decit ,
self-deception ;
mists of error .
heresy
etc.
(heterodoxy)
984 ;
hallucination
etc.
(insanity)
503 ;
false light
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443 ;
dream
etc.
(fancy)
515 ;
fable
etc.
(untruth)
546 ;
bias
etc.
(misjudgment)
481 ;
misleading
etc.
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Dutch: abuis, afdwaling, feil, fout, lapsus, onjuistheid, vergissing, verwarring Polish: pomylenie się, potknięcie się, omylenie się
2 fault An imperfection in an object or machine.
synonyms: defect , flaw .
Roget 651 :
imperfection ;
imperfectness
etc.
adj.;
deficiency ;
inadequacy
etc.
(insufficiency)
640 ;
peccancy
etc.
(badness)
649 † ;
immaturity
etc.
674 .
fault ,
defect ,
weak point ;
screw loose ;
flaw
etc.
(break)
70 ;
gap
etc.
198 ;
twist
etc.
243 ;
taint ,
attainder ;
bar sinister ,
hole in one's coat ;
blemish
etc.
848 ;
weakness
etc.
160 ;
half blood ;
shortcoming
etc.
304 ;
drawback ;
seamy side .
mediocrity ;
no great shakes ,
no great catch ;
not much to boast of ;
one-horse shay .
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Dutch: mankement, gebrek, fout, defect Polish: brak, niedostatek, niedociągnięcie, uchybienie
3 fault The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection:— He knew his own faults much better than she did.
synonym: demerit .
Dutch: feil, fout, ondeugd, tekort, tekortkoming, zwak, zwakheid, zwakte
4 fault geology A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other:— They built it right over a geological fault. — He studied the faulting of the earth's crust.
synonyms: break , faulting , fracture , geological fault , shift .
Roget 70 :
discontinuity ;
disjunction
etc.
44 ;
anacoluthon † ;
interruption ,
break ,
fracture ,
flaw ,
fault ,
crack ,
cut ;
gap
etc.
(interval)
198 ;
solution of continuity ,
caesura ;
broken thread ;
parenthesis ,
episode ,
rhapsody ,
patchwork ;
intermission ;
alternation
etc.
(periodicity)
138 ;
dropping fire .
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Dutch: breuk, breuklijn Polish: uskok
5 fault electronics Equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.).
6 fault Responsibility for a bad situation or event.
7 fault sports A serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area).
verb
1 fault Put or pin the blame on.
synonym: blame .
Dutch: aanwrijven
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