fault
/fɔːlt/
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event; A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
- plural
- faults
Meanings
- 1
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event
That is not my fault.
Tatoeba · Leedihuzur · CC BY 2.0 FR
This is all your fault!
Tatoeba · Adelpa · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.; A failing of character; less severe than a vice
- 3
A mistake or error.; A minor offense
- 4
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.; A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity
- 5
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.; A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficultyrare
- 6
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.; A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contaminationrare
- 7
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.; A point of weakness in something's physical structurerare
- 8
A mistake or error.; An illegal serverare
- 9
A mistake or error.; A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumpingrare
- 10
A mistake or error.; An exception within a software program or processrare