Function: adjective
Date: 1967
1 : 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
2 : of, relating to, or being a divorce law under which neither party is held responsible for the breakup of the marriage
3 : characterized by the absence of a prevailing sense of individual responsibility (as for behavior) <a no-fault society>