fault

fault

noun

Definition of FAULT

1

a defect in character <the common fault of being quick to judge others>

Synonyms demerit, dereliction, failing, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness

Related Words blot, spot, stain; blemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nit; Achilles' heel, soft spot; corruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness

Phrases feet of clay

Near Antonyms excellence, perfection; goodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness

Antonyms merit, virtue

2

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy <there's a fault somewhere in the program>

Synonyms blunder, bobble, boob [British], boo-boo, brick, clanger [British], clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Related Words bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall; foul-up, snafu; misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

3

responsibility for wrongdoing or failure <getting the time of the performance wrong was entirely my fault>

Synonyms culpability, fault, guilt, onus, rap

Related Words blameworthiness, complicity, guiltiness, sinfulness; accusation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, finger-pointing, reproach; regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame

Antonyms blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, innocence

4

something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing <the minor faults in the leather are entirely natural and are what gives it a look different from vinyl>

Synonyms blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar

Related Words abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape; bug, glitch, kink; blot, blur, spot, stain, taint; damage, defacement, impairment, injury; failing, weakness

Near Antonyms adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament

5

the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right <the auto accident was entirely the other driver's fault>

Synonyms blame, fault, liability

Related Words accountability, answerability