Definition of fail

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Fail (v. i.) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent..

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Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration..
Defailance :: Defailance (n.) Failure; miscarriage.
Want :: Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt..
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) a total failure in a recitation.
Failure :: Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business..
Vitiate :: Vitiate (v. t.) To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
Miscorrect :: Miscorrect (v. t.) To fail or err in attempting to correct.
Incognizant :: Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Nonappointment :: Nonappointment (n.) Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
Miscarriageable :: Miscarriageable (a.) Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail.
Defect :: Defect (v. i.) To fail; to become deficient.
Lesion :: Lesion (n.) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..
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