• Noun

    a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing
    a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
    responsibility for failure or a wrongful act
    It is my fault that we have not finished.
    an error or mistake
    a fault in addition.
    a misdeed or transgression
    to confess one's faults.
    Sports . (in tennis, handball, etc.)
    a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court.
    a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area.
    Geology, Mining . a break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture (fault plane).
    Manège . (of a horse jumping in a show) any of a number of improper executions in negotiating a jump, as a tick, knockdown, refusal, or run-out.
    Electricity . a partial or total local failure in the insulation or continuity of a conductor or in the functioning of an electric system.
    Hunting . a break in the line of scent; a losing of the scent; check.
    Obsolete . lack; want.

    Verb (used without object)

    to commit a fault; blunder; err.
    Geology . to undergo faulting.

    Verb (used with object)

    Geology . to cause a fault in.
    to find fault with, blame, or censure. ?

    Idioms

    at fault
    open to censure; blameworthy
    to be at fault for a mistake.
    in a dilemma; puzzled
    to be at fault as to where to go.
    (of hounds) unable to find the scent.
    find fault
    to seek and make known defects or flaws; complain; criticize
    He constantly found fault with my behavior.
    to a fault
    to an extreme degree; excessively
    She was generous to a fault.

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