Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation..

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Nonpreparation :: Nonpreparation (n.) Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty..
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same..
Flunk :: Flunk (v. t.) To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Faille :: Faille (n.) A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy..
Failing :: Failing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fai.
Nonproficient :: Nonproficient (n.) One who has failed to become proficient.
Short :: Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
Rabat :: Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
Noncommunion :: Noncommunion (n.) Neglect or failure of communion.
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor..
Nonalienation :: Nonalienation (n.) Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated..
Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Defailance :: Defailance (n.) Failure; miscarriage.
Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.
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