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.
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 when it's not my fault? It's nobody's fault. He believes that the product’s poor image is partly the fault of the press. fault (that)… It was his fault that we were late.
Fault is the common word used to refer to any of the average shortcomings of a person; when it is used, condemnation is not necessarily implied: Of his many faults the greatest is vanity.
What is a fault and what are the different types? 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 - or may occur slowly, in the form of creep.
To seek, find, and complain about faults; criticize: found fault with his speech. To an excessive degree: generous to a fault.