fault.
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
Meaning & usage
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
I told them the pie was still too hot. If they burn their tongues, that's their fault.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
You're still young, that's your fault.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
Cork taint is one of the most recognizable wine faults.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw. A point of weakness in something's physical structure.
A mistake or error. A minor offense.
A mistake or error. An illegal serve.
A mistake or error. A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.
If the horse refuses an obstacle, the rider will receive four faults.
A mistake or error. An exception within a software program or process.
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected. An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected. A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected. An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.
want; lack; absence
Where this word comes from
From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.
To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
To fracture.
To commit a mistake or error.
To undergo a page fault.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.
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