a failing
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none — Thomas Carlyle
an imperfection or defect in a machine, etc
a misdemeanour or mistake
a mistake
an action, esp a service that does not land in the prescribed area, which loses a rally in tennis, squash, etc
in showjumping, a penalty point given for a horse hitting or refusing a jump
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
The accident was the driver's fault
a fracture in the earth's crust accompanied by displacement, e.g. of the strata, along the fracture line
a rupture of rock structures due to strain
at fault
in the wrong; liable for blame
to a fault
to an excessive degree
faultless adj
faultlessly adv
faultlessness noun
[Middle English faute via Old French from Latin falsus, past part. of fallere to deceive, disappoint]