Definitions | fault |
| noun
- A defect; something that detracts from perfection
- A mistake or error
- A weakness of character
- A minor offense
- Blame; the responsibility for a mistake
- (Geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity
- (Tennis) An illegal serve
- (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
verb
- (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- (context, intransitive, geology) To fracture.
- (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
Etymology: From faute.
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