Word Meanings - FAULT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A lost scent; act of losing the scent. Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado, the cold fault cleary out. Shak. (more info) falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to 1. Defect; want;
Additional info about word: FAULT
A lost scent; act of losing the scent. Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado, the cold fault cleary out. Shak. (more info) falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to 1. Defect; want; lack; default. One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend. Shak. 2. Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish. As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault. Shak. 3. A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime. A dislocation of the strata of the vein. In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc. Raymond.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FAULT)
- Blemish
- Spot
- blur
- blot
- flaw
- speck
- fault
- imperfection
- stain
- daub
- tarnish
- defacement
- discoloration
- disfigurement
- disgrace
- dishonor
- defect
- Blunder
- Error
- mistake
- misunderstanding
- oversight
- inaccuracy
- delusion
- slip
- Defect
- Shortcoming
- omission
- blemish
- want
- Fault
- blunder
- falsity
- deception
- fallacy
- untruth
- hallucination
- Foible
- Peccadillo
- failing
- weakness
- infirmity
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FAULT)
Related words: (words related to FAULT)
- DECORATE
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - FAULTINESS
Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak. - SPECK
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. - PURIFY
1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt - SIGNALIZE
1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship - BLUNDERHEAD
A stupid, blundering fellow. - DEFECTIONIST
One who advocates or encourages defection. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - DEFECTUOSITY
Great imperfection. W. Montagu. - SPECKLED-BILL
The American white-fronted goose . - SPECKLEDNESS
The quality of being speckled. - BLUNDERER
One who is apt to blunder. - DEFECTIBILITY
Deficiency; imperfection. Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor. - PECCADILLO
A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault. Sir W. Scott. - EMBLAZONING
The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings. - DEFECTIVE
Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n. (more info) 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied - ERRORFUL
Full of error; wrong. Foxe. - MISTAKEN
1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - PICK-FAULT
One who seeks out faults. - INDEFECTIBLE
Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke. - TERRORLESS
Free from terror. Poe. - SUSTAINABLE
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. - SELF-DELUSION
The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded. - ABSTAIN
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay. Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt Shak. Syn. -- To refrain;