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Default

/dɪˈfɔːlt/

The condition of failing to meet an obligation.

📖 Definitions of "Default"

noun

1
The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
"He failed to make payments on time and is now in default."
2
The original software programming settings as set by the factory
3
A loss incurred by failing to compete.
"The team's three losses include one default."
4
A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
"The man became the leader of the group as a default."

verb

1
To fail to meet an obligation.
"If you do not make your payments, you will default on your loan."
2
To lose a competition by failing to compete.
"If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match."
3
To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
"If you don't specify a number of items, it defaults to 1."
4
To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
default onverb	fail to pay up
nonpaymentnoun	The failure to make a payment.
nonremittalnoun	loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
default optionnoun	an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
ante upverb	To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.
payverb	(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
pay upverb	(ambitransitive) To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
paymentnoun	(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
nonpaymentnoun	The failure to make a payment.
default onverb	fail to pay up
default optionnoun	an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
nonremittalnoun	loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
missingnoun	(statistics) A value that is missing.
omissionnoun	(uncountable) The act of omitting.
absentnoun	(with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
failnoun	(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
absencenoun	A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
absenteenoun	A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
failurenoun	State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
delinquencynoun	Misconduct.
faultnoun	(typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
neglectnoun	The act of neglecting.
defectnoun	A fault or malfunction.
derelictionnoun	Willful neglect of one's duty.
lacknoun	A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
deficiencynoun	(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
shortcomingnoun	A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.
negligencenoun	The state of being negligent.