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faultverb to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality ofyou should look at your own work before faulting what others have done blame, censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, dis(also diss, slang), dispraise, knock, pan, reprehend, slag(chiefly British) skewer, tweakassail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slashnick (at), snipe (at)beef, bellyache, bitch, carp, cavil, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, kvetch, moan, murmur, mutter, niggle, quibble, whineadmonish, chide, drub, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproveberate, castigate, crucify, excoriate, flay, gibbet, hammer, keelhaul, lambaste(or lambast), lash, pillory, scold, upbraidbad-mouth, belittle, decry, deride, discommend, disparage, put down come down hard (on), find fault (with), take to task extol(also extoll), laud, praise approve, commend, endorse(also indorse), recommend, sanction a defect in characterthe common fault of being quick to judge others demerit, dereliction, failing, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness blot, spot, stainblemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nitAchilles' heel, soft spotcorruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness feet of clay merit, virtue excellence, perfectiongoodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness an unintentional departure from truth or accuracythere's a fault somewhere in the program blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob(British), brick, clanger(British), clinker, error, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfallfoul-up, snafumisapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictnessinerrancy, infallibility, perfection responsibility for wrongdoing or failuregetting the time of the performance wrong was entirely my fault blame, culpability, guilt, onus, rap blameworthiness, complicity, guiltiness, sinfulnessaccusation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, finger-pointing, reproachregret, remorse, self-reproach, shame blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, innocence something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thingthe minor faults in the leather are entirely natural and are what gives it a look different from vinyl blemish, blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshapebug, glitch, kinkblot, blur, spot, stain, taintdamage, defacement, impairment, injuryfailing, weakness adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set rightthe investigator determined that the auto accident was entirely the other driver's fault blame, liability, responsibility accountability, answerability n.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 habit.a writer of many virtues and few faults failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character.being late is a failing of mine frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation.human frailties foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy.an eccentric's charming foibles vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others.compulsive gambling was his vice in the 13th century |