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Vinony

fault

noun

  1. abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to an equipment failure
  2. fracture or discontinuity in rock across which there is displacement
  3. in tennis
  4. act of assigning culpability
  5. act or process of functioning improperly
L10825 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to assign blame
  2. functioning improperly, flawed
L10826 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fɔːlt/ / /fɒlt/ / /fɔlt/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.

  1. Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.

    “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.”

  2. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

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

  3. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

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

  4. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

    “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.”

  5. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

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

  6. A mistake or error.
  7. A mistake or error.

    “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.”

  8. A mistake or error.

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

  9. A mistake or error.
  10. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.

    “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.”

  11. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
  12. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.

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

  13. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
  14. want; lack; absence

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

verb

Etymology: From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse lǫstr (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.

  1. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

    “For that, says he, I ne'er will fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.”

    “"There will a team over there [he waves towards York's Rail Operating Centre] like flight engineers, maintaining it and faulting it from a ROC rather than a van by the side of the track."”

  2. To fracture.
  3. To commit a mistake or error.
  4. To undergo a page fault.