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fault /fölt, formerly föt/ noun- A failing or weakness of character
- An error
- A blemish or flaw
- Imperfection
- A misdeed or slight offence
- A dislocation of strata or veins where a fracture has occurred in the earth's crust (geology)
- A defect in an electronic circuit
- A stroke in which the player fails to serve the ball properly or into the proper place (tennis)
- A penalty point for failing to hit the correct ball or other error (snooker or billiards)
- A penalty point for refusing or failing to clear a fence (showjumping)
- Culpability for something which has gone wrong
intransitive verb- To be faulty
- To develop or show a fault (geology)
- To commit a fault
- To fall short (obsolete)
transitive verb- To censure, find fault with
- To find a flaw or flaws in
- To cause a fault in (geology)
ORIGIN: OFr faute, falte, from L fallere to deceive faultˈful adjective (Shakespeare) Full of faults or crimes faultˈily adverb faultˈiness noun faultˈless adjective Without fault or defect faultˈlessly adverb faultˈlessness noun faultˈy adjective - Imperfect, defective
- Guilty of a fault
- Culpable
faultˈ-finder noun faultˈ-finding noun - Criticism, captiousness
- The detection and investigation of faults and malfunctions in electronic equipment (findˈ-fault see under find)
faultˈline noun - A fault (geology)
- A surface along which faults have occurred, or are likely to occur (geology)
- An issue or arrangement which is likely to cause disagreements or differences within a group or organization
fault plane noun (geology) A usu uncurved surface of rock strata where a fault has occurred fault tolerance noun (computing) The ability of a system to execute specific tasks correctly regardless of failures and errors at fault - To blame, culpable
- Guilty
- (of dogs) unable to find the scent
- At a loss
find fault - To carp, be critical
- (with with) to censure for some mistake or defect
in fault (archaic) To blame to a fault Excessively forfeit /förˈfit/ noun- Something to which a right is lost
- A penalty for a crime, or breach of some condition
- A fine
- (esp in pl) a game in which a player surrenders some item (a forfeit) which can be redeemed only by performing a task, or fulfilling a challenge, set by the others
- A penalty incurred in such a game
adjective Forfeited transitive verb- To lose the right to (something) by some fault or crime
- To confiscate (archaic)
- To penalize by forfeiting
- Loosely, to give up voluntarily
—Also (obs) forfault by association with fault ORIGIN: OFr forfait, from LL forisfactum, from L forīs outside, and facere to make forˈfeitable adjective forˈfeiter noun (Shakespeare) A person who incurs punishment by forfeiting his or her bond forˈfeiture noun - Act of forfeiting
- The state of being forfeited
- The thing forfeited
—Also (obs) forfaultable, etc |