What is the meaning of Fault?

Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.

A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

  1. A failing of character; less severe than a vice.

    A failing of character; less severe than a vice.

    A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.

    A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.

    A point of weakness in something's physical structure.

    A mistake or error.

    1. A minor offense.
    2. An illegal serve.
    3. A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.

      A minor offense.

      An illegal serve.

      A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.

      An exception within a software program or process.

      A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.

      1. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

        A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

        An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.

        A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.

        An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.

        want; lack; absence

        To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

        To fracture.

        To commit a mistake or error.

        To undergo a page fault.

        Obsolete spelling of faut (third-person singular present indicative of falloir)

        inflection of faulen:

        1. second-person plural present
        2. third-person singular present
        3. plural imperative

        second-person plural present

        third-person singular present

        plural imperative

        fault

        Source: wiktionary.org