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1. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment, ignorance or inattention
   "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults";
   - mistake, error
    
2. An imperfection in an object or machine
   "if there are any faults you should send it back to the manufacturer";
   - defect, flaw
    
3. The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
   "he knew his own faults much better than she did";
   - demerit
    
4. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
   "they built it right over a geological fault";
   - faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
    
5. (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
   "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
    
6. Responsibility for a bad situation or event
   "it was John's fault"
    
7. (sport) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
   "he served too many double faults"

1. Put or pin the blame on
   - blame
    
2. Commit a mistake or make an error

Derived forms: faulting, faulted, faults

Type of: accuse, breakdown, charge, cleft, crack, crevice, equipment failure, fissure, imperfection, imperfectness, merit, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, responsibility, responsibleness, scissure, serve, service, value, worth

Antonym: virtue

Encyclopedia: Fault