Definition of failure

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Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..

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Noncompletion :: Noncompletion (n.) Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Agalaxy :: Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
Nonclaim :: Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..
Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Caution :: Caution (n.) A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..
Nonattendance :: Nonattendance (n.) A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..
Missuccess :: Missuccess (n.) Failure.
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef..
Lesion :: Lesion (n.) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.
Fizzle :: Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort.
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) A failure or backing ou.
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