faults

Noun

fault (plural faults)

1. (typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
   • No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
2. (morality) A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
   • Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.
3. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
   • You're still young, that's your fault.

   Synonyms:

   vulnerability

4. A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
   • Cork taint is one of the most recognizable wine faults.
5. (obsolete) A point of weakness in something's physical structure.
   • As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
6. A minor offense.

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