Fault

Noun

 * 1) A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
 * 2) A mistake or error.
 * 3) A weakness of character.
 * 4) A minor offense.
 * 5) Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
 * 6)  A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity
 * 7)  An illegal serve.
 * 8)  An abnormal connection in a circuit.

Verb

 * 1)  To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
 * 2)  To fracture.
 * 3)  To commit a mistake or error.

Adjectives for Fault
inherited; earthly; unforgivable; social; existing; distinctive; unbelievable; beastly; serious; cold; rankest; vile; outfacing; innumerable (pi); grave; glaring; inherent; headstrong; potent; grossest; unpardonable; undeserved; evident; grievous; universal; punishable; irremediable; apparent; brilliant; contrasted; unexpiable; venial; gracious; unwilling; prime; rash; technical; shunning; pernicious; excusable; tragic; ill-favored.

Verbs for Fault
accept —; atone for —; beset by —; burden with —; compensate for —; confess —; conquer —; denounce —; disclose —; evince—; excuse —; find —; flay —; guard against —; iron out —s; lapse into —; lay— on; overlook —; spare —; subdue —; — blemishes; — glares; — mars.

Synonyms for Fault
defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection, misdeed, detriment, delinquency, misdemeanor, failing, slip, defect, drawback, weakness, omission

Derived terms

 * at fault
 * to a fault

Thesaurus
aberrancy, aberration, abysm, abyss, accountability, accountable, accuse, answerability, answerable, arroyo, at fault, atrocity, bad habit, besetting sin, birthmark, blackhead, blame, blameworthy, bleb, blemish, blister, blunder, boner, boo-boo, boob, box canyon, breach, break, bug, bulla, call into question, call to account, canyon, carp at, catch, cavity, censure, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cicatrix, cleft, clerical error, cleuch, clough, col, comedo, corrigendum, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crater, craze, crevasse, crevice, crime, crime against humanity, criticize, culpability, culpable, cut, cwm, deadly sin, defacement, defect, defection, defectiveness, deficiency, defile, deformation, deformity, delinquency, dell, delusion, demerit, dereliction, deviancy, dike, disfiguration, disfigurement, disproportionately, distortion, ditch, donga, draw, drawback, enormity, errancy, erratum, erroneousness, error, evil, excavation, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, failing, failure, fallaciousness, fallacy, falseness, falsity, faultiness, faute, faux pas, felony, find fault, fissure, flaw, flawedness, flume, foible, fracture, frailty, freckle, furrow, fuss, gaffe, gap, gape, gash, gaucherie, genocide, goof, gorge, groove, guilt, guilty, guilty act, gulch, gulf, gully, hamartia, heavy sin, hemangioma, heresy, heterodoxy, hickey, hole, howler, human error, illusion, immoderately, imperfection, impropriety, impugn, in the extreme, inadequacy, incision, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infirmity, iniquity, injury, injustice, irrationally, joint, keloid, kink, kloof, knock, lapse, leak, lentigo, liability, liable, little problem, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, milium, minor wrong, misapplication, misapprehension, misbehavior, miscalculation, miscarriage, misconception, misconduct, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, misfeasance, misidentification, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreport, miss, misstatement, mistake, misunderstanding, misuse, moat, mole, moral flaw, mortal sin, needle scar, nevus, niggle, nonfeasance, notch, nullah, offense, omission, onus, opening, outrage, overly, oversight, pass, passage, peccadillo, peccancy, perversion, pick at, pick on, pimple, pit, pock, pockmark, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, problem, pustule, ravine, rent, responsibility, responsible, rift, rime, rupture, scab, scar, scissure, scratch, seam, sebaceous cyst, self-contradiction, shortcoming, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, sinfulness, slip, slit, slot, snag, something missing, split, strawberry mark, sty, taint, take exception to, to a fault, to blame, tort, track, transgression, trench, trespass, trip, twist, typo, typographical error, unduly, unorthodoxy, unreasonably, untrueness, untruth, untruthfulness, unutterable sin, valley, venial sin, verruca, vesicle, vice, void, vulnerable place, wadi, wale, warp, wart, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness, weal, welt, wen, whitehead, wrong, wrongness

Etymology
From faulte:, from  faute:, from  faute:, from  *undefined:, from  falsus:, perfect passive participle of fallo:. Displaced native schuld: (from  scyld:),  lac: (from  lak:),  last: (from  lǫstr:).

Noun

 * Albanian: gabim, faj
 * Arabic: خلل
 * Catalan: errada, culpa
 * Chinese:
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 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * French: défaut (1,3), faute  (2, 4, 5, 7)
 * German:
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 * Hindi:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, 欠陥
 * Latin: culpa
 * Polish: wada
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 * Scottish Gaelic:
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 * Telugu: తప్పిదం (tappidaM)


 * Arabic: خطأ
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 * Latin: culpa
 * Portuguese:
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 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, coire
 * Turkish: hata


 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Italian: fessura, crepa, frattura, faglia
 * Japanese: (dansō)


 * Latin: culpa
 * Polish: uskok
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * French: mettre en défaut (1), trouver une faille dans (1), se failler (2), faillir (3)

Etymology
falsus:

Adjective

 * 1) false; not true
 * 2) false; fake; unreal

Descendants

 * English:
 * French: (likely from faulz, fauz)