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• commit a fault — index offend (violate the law) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• fault — [fôlt] n. [ME faute < OFr faulte, a lack < VL * fallita < * fallitus, for L falsus: see FALSE] 1. Obs. failure to have or do what is required; lack 2. something that mars the appearance, character, structure, etc.; defect or failing 3.… …   English World dictionary

• Fault — Fault, v. i. To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If after Samuel s death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted. Latimer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fault — /fawlt/, n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one s character. 2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 3. an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 4.… …   Universalium

• fault — n. & v. n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or other defect in an electric circuit. 3 a transgression, offence, or thing wrongly done. 4 a Tennis etc. a service of the ball not in accordance with …   Useful english dictionary

• fault — I. noun Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from feminine of fallitus, past participle of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint Date: 13th century 1. obsolete lack 2. a. weakness, failing;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fault — /fɔlt / (say fawlt), /fɒlt / (say folt) noun 1. a defect or imperfection; a flaw; a failing. 2. an error or mistake. 3. a misdeed or transgression. 4. Sport an infringement of the rules which results in a warning or a penalty. 5. delinquency;… …  

• fault — [[t]fɔlt[/t]] n. 1) a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing 2) responsibility for failure or a wrongful act 3) an error or mistake 4) a misdeed or transgression 5) spo (in tennis, handball, etc.) a) a ball that when served does not land in the… …   From formal English to slang

• Fault — Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for fault of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fault plane — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Commit — Com*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Committed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Committing}.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; used with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English