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failure
A	noun
	1	failure
			an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚nonaccomplishment; nonachievement ╚mistake; error; fault ╚omission; skip ╚failure ╚copout ╚breach ╚disappointment; dashing hopes
	2	failure
			an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚nonaccomplishment; nonachievement ╚failure ╚default; nonpayment; nonremittal ╚nonconformity ╚out ╚error; misplay ╚backsliding; lapse; lapsing; relapse; relapsing; reversion; reverting ╚loss ╚naught ╚failing
	3	failure
			an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚failure ╚defeat; licking ╚breakdown; equipment failure ╚malformation; miscreation ╚flop; bust ╚miss; misfire ╚miscarriage; abortion ╚malfunction ╚flame-out ╚downfall; ruin; ruination
	4	failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
			a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚unfortunate; unfortunate person ╚failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person ╚underdog ╚flop; dud; washout ╚flash in the pan ╚bankrupt; insolvent
	5	failure
			loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚disorder; upset ╚failure ╚renal failure; kidney failure ╚heart failure; coronary failure
	6	failure
			lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition ╚fortune; destiny; fate; luck; lot; circumstances; portion ╚failure ╚dead duck ╚crop failure ╚bank failure ╚bankruptcy
	7	bankruptcy, failure
			inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚financial condition; economic condition ╚insolvency ╚bankruptcy, failure

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