a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xi. 5 The enemys..suffreden peynes, fro the defauting of ther drinc.

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 45 (MED) For defawtynge of his hert, the vtteryng of his voice begane to breke.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xxiv. sig. P.iii^v/1 For lacking and defaulting of loue and charitie. Each person taketh vpon him to eate his owne supper.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 519 The said William or his assignes shall put in amendyng..of the forsaide lond..for the defawtyng of the said Walter or his heires.

1660 J. Bewick Answer Quakers 17 Heads Queries xvii. 151 The holy Scripture..records their particular defaultings, however God..accepted the uprightnes of their intention,..pardoning..their falling short of exact perfection in their performances.

1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 263 Many a Bottle called for by the by to attone the sin of defaulting.

1784 Public Advertiser 18 June The present Vogue of Insolvency and Defaulting.

1822 Niles' Reg. 22 Feb. 405/1 The press must deal more freely with these defaulters; since..there seems to be but little chance of otherwise curtailing the evil of defaulting, of which we have the most glaring instances every year.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 148 Trade..ends in shameful defaulting, bubble, and bankruptcy.

1948 South Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. 49 200 In prosecuting for bastardy it was customary..to sell into servitude for a period of four years the putative father upon his defaulting on his duty to enter into recognizance to provide $25 annually for the maintenance of the illegitimate child.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 June b1/5 Walking away from a mortgage is bad for borrowers and bad for communities and our approach is meant to deter the disturbing trend toward strategic defaulting.

1584 B. Rich Don Simonides II. sig. R.iii^v The female shoulde be subiect to..humours eyther abandonyng or defaulting in Nature.

1753 Proposals Amendment of Roads 32 Forfeiture of Five Pounds..to be paid by, or recovered from, such defaulting or offending Commissioners.

1770 Adams's Weekly Courant 10 Apr. 1/4 The younger son of a renowned defaulting Pay-master lost the sum of 21000 l. in play at a noted gaming-house.

1811 Amer. Rev. Hist. & Politics Oct. App. 179 The place of residence of the defaulting creditor.

1857 G. Wilson Let. in Mem. (1860) x. 444 I took a defaulting lecturer's place at the Philosophical Institution.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xix. 256 The colony..will cease to get fresh creditors, as assuredly as any defaulting foreign Government does.

1889 Law Times 88 115/2 A writ of sequestration..against a defaulting trustee.

1937 L. O'Flaherty Famine vii. 56 It was part of his duty to drive the cattle of defaulting tenants into the pound.

2002 Economist 23 Nov. 89/3 The amount..that Argentina left unpaid last week is more than the overdue amounts owed by all the other defaulting countries put together.