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defailances

defailances is the plural of defailance.

Meaning of defailance

Noun

defailance (countable and uncountable, plural defailances)

  1. (obsolete) Failure; miscarriage.
    • possibility of defailance in degree or continuance1672, Thomas Comber, A Companion to the Temple
    Synonyms:
    defailure

Questions about defailances

What is defailances the plural of?
Defailances is the plural of defailance.

Words near defailances in the dictionary

  1. defaecations
  2. defaecator
  3. defaecators
  4. defail
  5. defailance
  6. defailances
  7. defailed
  8. defailing
  9. defailment
  10. defailments
  11. defails

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