DEFAULT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English defaute, ~e, from Anglo-French, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de- + faillir to fail Date: 13th century failure to do something required by duty or law ; neglect , fault , a failure to pay financial debts, 4. failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceeding, failure to compete in or to finish an appointed contest , 5. a selection made usually automatically or without active consideration due to lack of a viable alternative , a selection automatically used by a computer program in the absence of a choice made by the user, II. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb to fail to fulfill a contract, agreement, or duty: as, to fail to meet a financial obligation , to fail to appear in court, to fail to compete in or to finish an appointed contest, to make a ~ selection , transitive verb to fail to perform, pay, or make good, 2. forfeit , to exclude (a player or a team) from a contest by ~, ~er noun