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单词 to commit a fault
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to commit (rarely do, make) a fault
5. Something wrongly done. Phrase, to commit (rarely do, make) a fault.
a. In moral sense: A dereliction of duty; a misdeed, transgression, offence. Also occasionally Delinquency in general, ‘something wrong’.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun]
misdeedeOE
guilt971
evilOE
follya1275
trespassc1290
errorc1330
illa1340
untetchea1375
offencec1384
crimec1390
forfeit1393
faultc1400
demerit1485
disorder1581
misfeasancea1626
misactiona1667
trespassage1874
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence
sinc825
guilt971
man deedOE
evilOE
misbodea1200
follya1275
unthrift1303
misbreydec1380
offencec1384
crimec1390
forfeit1393
felonya1400
faultc1400
misfeatc1400
feat1481
demerit1485
misdemeanoura1513
facta1533
piaculum1575
miscarriage1579
delinquishment1593
delinquency1603
piacle1644
amissness1648
peccancy1648
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 177 For fele fautez may a freke forfete his blysse.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 66 Forto clense her of sertaine fauutes that she had done.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Aij Faustus..To them imputynge, grete fautes.
1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bviv Wyncke not at faltes.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xli. 9 I doe remember my faults this day. View more context for this quotation
1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 310 Distresses..brought upon persons by their own faults.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xvii. 219 A restless, undefinable sense of fault.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 250 A fault which is most serious, I said; the fault of telling a lie.
b. A failure in what is attempted; a slip, error, mistake. Now somewhat rare; ‘lady teachers often use it in marking school exercises (after French faute)’ ( N.E.D.). In early use esp. †a clerical error or misprint.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
errora1340
defaulta1387
balkc1430
fault1523
jeofail1546
errat1548
trip1548
naught1557
missa1568
missinga1568
slide1570
snappera1572
amiss1576
mistaking1579
misprize1590
mistake1600
berry-block1603
solecism1603
fallibility1608
stumblea1612
blota1657
slur1662
incorrectnessa1771
bumble1823
skew1869
(to make) a false step1875
slip-up1909
ricket1958
bad1981
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > instance of
miswriting1430
falsehoodc1440
fault1523
escape1570
erratum1589
errat1654
misprint1813
mis-script1817
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Author's Pref. If any faute be in this my rude translacyon.
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Ep. Ded. sig. Aiiv If faultes escape,..with penne spedely amende it.
1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 359 Leave more space betwene both lines. That there maye be place to mende your faultes.
1633 Campion's Hist. Ireland 139 Faults escaped.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman Pref. The Book is Printed; and tho I see some Faults, 'tis too late to mend them.
1725 I. Watts Logick iii. iii There must be some fault in the deduction.
1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. i. 36 The other army..had made another fault, not less considerable.
1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 775/1 The..faults of the Florentine MS. are corrected.
c. spec. in Rackets and Tennis. A faulty stroke; a stroke in which the server fails to make the ball fall within the prescribed limits.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke
fault1599
back-hand1657
serving1688
let1819
return1832
ace1840
error1877
rally1879
knock-up1884
drop1900
kill1903
soft kill1910
angle shot1911
retrieve1913
length1924
put-away1932
1599 G. Chapman Humerous Dayes Myrth sig. E2 I gaue him fifteene and all his faults.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bisque, a fault at Tennis.
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow i. 8 We'll play with you at a Bisk, and a fault, for twenty pound.
1886 H. F. Wilkinson in Encycl. Brit. XX. 210/2 [article Rackets] Two consecutive faults put a hand out.
1888 J. Marshall in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 182/2 [article Tennis] It is a fault if the service be delivered from the wrong court.
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