📖 Definitions of "Faults"
noun
- 1
A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
- 2
A mistake or error.
"No! This is my fault, not yours."
- 3
A weakness of character; a failing.
"For all her faults, she’s a good person at heart."
- 4
A minor offense.
verb
- 1
To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- 2
To fracture.
- 3
To commit a mistake or error.
- 4
To undergo a page fault.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Faults"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| defectnoun | A fault or malfunction. |
| demeritnoun | A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault. |
| errornoun | (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately. |
| mistakenoun | An error. |
| blamenoun | Responsibility for something meriting censure. |
| breaknoun | An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces. |
| fracturenoun | (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage. |
| flawnoun | A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden. |
| fault linenoun | (geology) The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth. |
| geological faultnoun | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other |
| abnormalitiesnoun | Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. |
| anomaliesnoun | A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier. |
| blamesverb | (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative). |
| blemishesnoun | A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. |
| blundersnoun | A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. |
| breachesnoun | (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment. |
| breakdownsnoun | (countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature. |
| bugs | (slang) Crazy; unstable. |
| condemnsverb | (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate. |
| cracksnoun | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
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