FAULT


Meaning of FAULT in English

n. 25B6; noun

he has his faults : DEFECT, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, frailty, foible, vice.

engineers have located the fault : DEFECT, flaw, imperfection, bug; error, mistake, inaccuracy; informal glitch, gremlin.

it was not my fault : RESPONSIBILITY, liability, culpability, blameworthiness, guilt.

don't blame one child for another's faults : MISDEED, wrongdoing, offence, misdemeanour, misconduct, indiscretion, peccadillo, transgression.

merit, strength.

25B6; verb you couldn't fault any of the players : FIND FAULT WITH, criticize, attack, censure, condemn, reproach; complain about, quibble about, moan about; informal knock, slam, gripe about, beef about, pick holes in; Brit. informal slag off, have a go at, slate.

25A0; at fault TO BLAME, blameworthy, culpable; responsible, guilty, in the wrong.

25A0; to a fault EXCESSIVELY, unduly, immoderately, overly, needlessly.

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