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failance

/ˈfeɪləns/

failance noun: fault; failure; omission.

Noun

failance (countable and uncountable, plural failances)

  1. (obsolete) fault; failure; omission
    • […] always made it necessary for him not to stir from his chair, or so much as read a letter, for two hours after every meal, failance wherein being certainly revenged by a sit of the gout […]1810, John Fell, “Henry Hammond”, in Ecclesiastical Biography

Forms of failance

pluralfailances

Origin of failance

From Old French faillance, from faillir. Doublet of fallency.

Words that rhyme with failance

Questions about failance

What does failance mean?
Failance means fault; failure; omission.
What part of speech is failance?
Failance is a noun.
How do you pronounce failance?
Failance is pronounced /ˈfeɪləns/.
What is the plural of failance?
The plural of failance is failances.

Words near failance in the dictionary

  1. fail-safes
  2. fail-safing
  3. fail-secure
  4. fail-soft
  5. failable
  6. failance
  7. failances
  8. failback
  9. failbacks
  10. failboy
  11. failboys

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