fault

Definitions of fault in various dictionaries:

noun - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

noun - an imperfection in an object or machine

noun - the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

noun - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

noun - (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)

noun - responsibility for a bad situation or event

noun - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)

verb - put or pin the blame on

A character weakness, especially a minor one.

Something that impairs or detracts from physical perfection; a defect.

A mistake; an error.

A minor offense or misdeed.

Responsibility for a mistake or an offense; culpability.

A fracture in the continuity of a rock formation caused by a shifting or dislodging of the earth’s crust, in which adj acent surfaces are differentially displaced parallel to the plane of fracture.

Electronics.

A bad service, as in tennis.

A lack or deficiency.

To find error or defect in; criticize or blame.

To produce a fault in; fracture.

To commit a mistake or an error.

To shift so as to produce a fault.

Deserving of blame; guilty: admitted to being at fault.

These noun s denote an imperfection or deficiency of character.

FAULT - Fault commonly refers to: Fault (geology), planar rock fractures which show evidence of relative movement Fault (legal), in criminal law, one must d...