Default

Noun

 * 1) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
 * He failed to make payments on time and is now in default.
 * You may cure this default by paying the full amount within a week.
 * 1) A loss incurred by failing to compete.
 * The team's three losses include one default.
 * 1) A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
 * ''He became the default leader of the group.
 * 1)  A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
 * If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.
 * 1)  The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.

Verb

 * 1)  To fail to meet an obligation.
 * If you do not make your payments, you will default on your loan.
 * 1)  To lose a competition by failing to compete.
 * If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.
 * 1)  To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tenative value or standard.
 * If you don't specify a number of items, it defaults to 1.
 * 1)  To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.

Adjectives for Default
glaring; notorious; serious; infinitesimal; covert; punishable.

Verbs for Default
arrest—; commit—; convict of—; expect—; expose—; force—; impose—; mend—; occasion—; pardon—; penalize—; practise—; punish—; record—; urge—; —deprives; —occurs.

Synonyms for Default

 * (verb) lapse, fail, forfeit, omit, neglect, defect
 * (noun) defection, blame, censure, shortcoming, delinquency, incompleteness

Antonyms for Default

 * (noun) perfection, advantage, carefulness, completeness, accuracy, vigilance, satisfaction, supply, observance.

Related terms

 * by default
 * in default
 * default on

Thesaurus
AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, arrear, arrearage, arrears, back debts, back payments, bad debt, be absent, be bereaved of, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, bouncing check, come up short, culpa, culpable negligence, cut, day off, dearth, decline, defalcation, defect, defection, defectiveness, deferred payments, deficiency, deficit, deficit financing, delinquence, delinquency, departure, dereliction, disallow, disappearance, disconformity, dishonor, dishonoring, disregard, dollar gap, drop, escape, excused absence, fail, fail to appear, failure, fall short, falling short, fault, fleeing, forfeit, furlough, gloss over, go astray from, holiday, hooky, ignore, imperfection, inaction, inadequacy, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, incur loss, inferiority, inobservance, insufficiency, keep away, kiss good-bye, laches, lack, laissez-faire, lapse, laxity, laxness, leave, leave of absence, leaving, let go, let ride, let slide, let slip, levant, looseness, lose, lose out, lose sight of, lose track of, mislay, misplace, miss, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nod, nonadherence, nonappearance, nonattendance, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nondischarge of debts, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonpayment, nonperformance, nonremittal, nonrestriction, not care for, not come, not get involved, not heed, not pay, not show up, not think, omission, overdraft, overlook, overlooking, oversight, pass over, permissiveness, poor stewardship, privation, procrastination, protest, protested bill, refuse to pay, remissness, repudiate, repudiation, running away, sabbatical leave, sacrifice, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sick leave, slackness, sleep, slight, slump, stop payment, suffer loss, take for granted, truancy, truantism, turn up missing, uncollectible, underage, undergo privation, unexcused absence, unobservance, unrigorousness, vacation, wander from, want, weakness, welsh

Etymology
From, from defaute:, ultimately from  de-: + fallo:

Noun

 * Bulgarian: неустойка, неизпълнение
 * Czech:


 * Spanish: mora


 * Bulgarian: стойност по подразбиране
 * Italian: predefinito


 * Polish: wartość domyślna
 * Portuguese: valor predefinido

Anagrams

 * faulted