fault Definition

lack

weakness, failing; especially : a moral weakness less serious than a vice

a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment : defect

to commit a fault : err

to fracture so as to produce a geologic fault

to find a fault in

something resembling a fault : split, rift

relating to or being a computer or program with a self-contained backup system that allows continued operation when major components fail

comma splice

two consecutive serving faults in tennis that result in the loss of a point

an infraction of the service rules (as in tennis, racquetball, or volleyball) that results from illegal placement of the server's feet

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

of, relating to, or being a divorce law under which neither party is held responsible for the breakup of the marriage

characterized by the absence of a prevailing sense of individual responsibility (as for behavior)

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

zone of geologic faults in California extending from the northern coast toward the head of the Gulf of California