fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or …

A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement may occur rapidly, in the form of an earthquake - …

FAULT definition: 1. a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame: 2. a weakness in a person's…. Learn more.

A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. His manners had always made her blind to his faults.

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

We discussed the book's strengths and faults. [= weaknesses] If the book has a fault, it's that it's too long.

Definition of fault noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable] the responsibility for something wrong that has happened or been done. Why should I say sorry …