Meaning of fault | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
2. To seek, find, and complain about faults; criticize: found fault with his speech.
3. guilt
4. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
5. A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
6. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
7. To an excessive degree: generous to a fault.
8. blame
9. A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
10. A crack in a rock mass along which there has been movement. The rock on one side of the crack moves relative to the rock on the other side of the crack. Faults are caused by plate-tectonic forces. See Note at earthquake.
11. third-person singular present indicative
12. A point of weakness in something's physical structure.
    obsolete
13. To find fault with:blame, censure, criticize, rap.
14. second-person singular imperative
15. A mistake or error.
16. A minor offense.
17. to find fault with. I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing. kritiseer, afkeur, op ʼn fout betrap يُخَطِّئ، يُعيب، يَنْتَقِد критикувам culpar/criticar nalézt/vytknout chybu etwas auszusetzen haben an rakke ned på; kritisere ψέγω, βρίσκω ελάττωμα criticar, encontrar defectos a süüdistama مقصر دانستن moittia reprocher לִמצוֹא פְּגָם दोष निकालना naći zamjerku hibáztat menemukan kesalahan finna að, gagnrÿna criticare あら探しをする 흠을 잡다 prikibti prie atrast kļūdu mencari kesalahan aanmerkingen hebben ...
18. An illegal serve.
19. without fault; perfect. a faultless performance. foutloos, volmaak, onberispelik لا عَيْبَ فيه безупречен impecável bezvadný fehlerfrei fejlfri άψογοςperfecto, intachable, impecable veatu بی عیب و نقص virheetön irréprochableמושלם दोष रहित besprijekoran hibátlan sempurna gallalaus impeccabile 欠点のない 결점이 없는 tobulas nevainojams sempurna feilloosfeilfri, ulastelig, uklanderligbezbłędny بې عيبه، بې نقصه impecável ireproşabil безупречный bezchybný brezhiben besprekoran felfri, oklanderlig สมบูรณ์แบบ...
20. A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.
21. foutloos, volmaak, onberispelik بِدون عَيب، بِدون خَطَأ безгрешно impecavelmente bezvadně fehlerfrei fejlfrit άψογα impecablemente laitmatult بطور کامل virheettömästi irréprochablement לְלְא פְּגָם दोष रहित रूप से besprijekorno hibátlanul secara sempurna gallalaust in maniera impeccabile 申し分なく 완전무결하게 tobulai nevainojami dengan sempurna feilloosfeilfritt, ulastelig, uklanderlig bezbłędnie په صحيح تو ګه په بې عيبه تو ګه impecavelmente ireproşabil безупречно bezchybne brezhibno besprekorno felfr...
22. An exception within a software program or process.
23. (usually of something mechanical) not made or working correctly. defek, onklaar, foutief خاطِئ، ناقِص، مَعيب، لا يَعْمل كما يَجِب неизправен defeituoso vadný fehlerhaft defekt; fejlbehæftet ελαττωματικόςdefectuoso praak-, defektne ناقص؛ اشتباه virheellinen défectueuxפגום अशुद्ध neispravan, manjkav hibás punya cacat gallaður difettoso 欠陥のある 결함이 있는 netikęs, sugedęs nepilnīgs; kļūdains rosak gebrekkigdefekt, mangelfullwadliwy عيبى، عيبجن، غلطۍ لرونكى defeituoso defect повреждённый chybný z napak...
    usually
24. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
25. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
26. wrong or to blame. She was at fault. verkeerd wees مُذِنِب، على خَطَأ، مَلوم виновен errado na omylu schuldig skyldig; ansvarlig άδικα tener la culpa eksinud, süüdi مقصر syyllinen fautifאשם गलत kriv, odgovoran hibás bersalah sekur in fallo, colpevole 間違って 잘못해서 kaltas, neteisus vainīgs; vainojams bersalah schuldig feil, skylden; klanderverdigw błędzie قصور errado/culpável de vină виноватый mýliť sa motiti se kriv ta fel, vara skyldig ต้องถูกตำหนิ hatalı, kabahatli 有過錯 винний غلط یا نا مناسب ch...
27. An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
28. to criticize or complain of. She is always finding fault with the way he eats. afkeur, fout vind met يَنْتَقِد، يُخَطِّئ، يُعيب упреквам criticar kritizovat, vytýkat etwas auszusetzen finden an kritisere επικρίνω criticar a alguien (millegi üle) nurisema ایراد گرفتن arvostella reprocher לְהִתלוֹנֵן על- गलती निकालना prigovarati, kritizirati kifogásol mencela finna að, gagnrÿna brontolare あら探しをする 흠을 찾다 priekabiauti, kabinėtis prie kritizēt; pelt mencari salah vitten op finne feil ved, kritisere...
29. A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.
30. An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.
31. want; lack; absence
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

“A police official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that a note found at the scene addressed to Ms. Spade's 13-year-old daughter indicated, among other things, that what had happened was not the child’s fault.”

“How many more innocent people and kids gotta get killed by these police, man? / And then it's always the victim's fault”

“Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.”

“You're still young, that's your fault.”

“Cork taint is one of the most recognizable wine faults.”

“The time of greatest prevalence of this microörganism, August and September, agreed in general with the occurrence of this cheese fault. Not a single Cheddar cheese was found which turned blue, and as the iron content of Cheddar cheese was low the author regards this as supporting his conclusion that iron is the cause of the fault.”

“No common wine fault is likely to cause serious health problems but you won't want to take the tasting much further if the wine smells faulty.”

“As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault.”

“It is a fault if the ball served drop in the net, or beyond the Service-Line, or if it drop out of Court, or in the wrong Court. A fault may not be taken. After a fault, the Server shall serve again from the same Court from which he served that fault.”

“If the horse refuses an obstacle, the rider will receive four faults.”

“That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.”

“Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.”

“one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend”

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