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What does fault mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fault? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
  2. A mistake or error.
  3. A weakness of character; a failing.
  4. A minor offense.
  5. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
  6. (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  7. (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
  8. (tennis) An illegal serve.
  9. (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
  10. (obsolete) want; lack
  11. (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
  2. (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
  3. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
  4. (computing) To undergo a page fault.
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