Definition of fault

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Fault (n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

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Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Correct :: Correct (a.) Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views..
Scape :: Scape (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute..
Failure :: Failure (n.) A failing; a slight fault.
Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..
Accuser :: Accuser (n.) One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..
Exculpation :: Exculpation (n.) The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
Emend :: Emend (v. t.) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal..
Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
Faulting :: Faulting (n.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Heterophemist :: Heterophemist (n.) One liable to the fault of heterophemy.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault..
Fault :: Fault (n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.
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