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fault
A	noun
	1	mistake, error, fault
			a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚nonaccomplishment; nonachievement ╚mistake, error, fault ╚ballup; balls-up; cockup; mess-up ╚blunder; blooper; bloomer; bungle; foul-up; fuckup; flub; botch; boner; boo-boo ╚omission; skip ╚oversight; lapse ╚slip; slip-up; miscue; parapraxis ╚distortion ╚miscalculation; misreckoning; misestimation ╚incursion ╚confusion; mix-up ╚blot; smear; smirch; spot; stain
	2	fault
			(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚maneuver; manoeuvre; play ╚stroke; shot ╚tennis stroke; tennis shot ╚serve; service ╚fault ╚footfault ╚double fault
	3	fault
			responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚trustworthiness; trustiness ╚responsibility; responsibleness ╚fault
	4	demerit, fault
			the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚worth ╚demerit, fault
	5	fault
			(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚failure ╚breakdown; equipment failure ╚fault
	6	fault, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
			(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚amorphous shape ╚space ╚opening; gap ╚crack; cleft; crevice; fissure; scissure ╚fault, geological fault, shift, fracture, break ╚strike-slip fault ╚San Andreas Fault ╚inclined fault ╚Denali Fault
	7	defect, fault, flaw
			an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
		Category Tree: state ╚imperfection; imperfectness ╚defect, fault, flaw ╚hole ╚bug; glitch
B	verb
	1	blame, fault
			put or pin the blame on
		Category Tree: charge; accuse ╚blame, fault

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