What is the meaning of the word "fault"?
Definitions:
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a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other noun
- They built it right over a geological fault.
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in electronics, equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit, such as a loose connection, insulation failure or short circuit noun
- It took much longer to find the fault than to fix it.
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in tennis, a serve that is illegal, e.g one that lands outside the prescribed area noun
- They served too many double faults.
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responsibility for a bad situation or event noun
- The mistake was completely my fault.
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the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection noun
- I have a number of faults in my personality.
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to put or pin the blame on verb
- I couldn't fault the intern for the mistakes that had been made.