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fault
noun(fault)
lack
fault
noun(fault)
weakness, failing; especially : a moral weakness less serious than a vice
fault
noun(fault)
a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment : defect
fault
verb(fault)
to commit a fault : err
fault
verb(fault)
to fracture so as to produce a geologic fault
fault
verb(fault)
to find a fault in
fault
noun(fault)
something resembling a fault : split, rift
fault
adjective(fault)
relating to or being a computer or program with a self-contained backup system that allows continued operation when major components fail
fault
noun(fault)
comma splice
fault
noun(fault)
two consecutive serving faults in tennis that result in the loss of a point
fault
noun(fault)
an infraction of the service rules (as in tennis, racquetball, or volleyball) that results from illegal placement of the server's feet
fault
adjective(fault)
of, relating to, or being a motor vehicle insurance plan under which someone involved in an accident is compensated usually up to a stipulated limit for actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost wages) by that person's own insurance company regardless of who is responsible for the accident
fault
adjective(fault)
of, relating to, or being a divorce law under which neither party is held responsible for the breakup of the marriage
fault
adjective(fault)
characterized by the absence of a prevailing sense of individual responsibility (as for behavior)
fault
noun(fault)
a strike-slip fault that occurs typically between segments of a mid-ocean ridge or other tectonic-plate boundary and that is characterized by shallow high-magnitude earthquakes
fault
geographical name(fault)
zone of geologic faults in California extending from the northern coast toward the head of the Gulf of California

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