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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
defect1

▶noun /ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt/ a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack.

– origin ME: from L. defectus, past part. of deficere ‘desert or fail’, from de- (expressing reversal) + facere ‘do’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
defect2 /dɪˈfɛkt/

▶verb abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

– derivatives
defection noun,
defector noun.

– origin C16: from L. defect-, deficere (see defect1).

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