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Defect; want; lack; default. One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend. Shak.

One who makes a practice off discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.

The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

One who commits a fault. [Obs.] Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax.

Full of faults or sins. Shak.

In a faulty manner.

Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.

The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope.

Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended. Created once So goodly and erect, though faulty since. Milton.

ch ought to be done; neglect to do whaas, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

A censurer or caviler. [Obs.]

Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. [Obs.] Whitlock.

One who seeks out faults.

o blaze abroad the matter. Mark i. 45. To be abroad. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.

Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty. So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. Milton.

A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Rom. ii. 15.