• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical Faults"
• (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double Faults"
• responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John''s Fault"
• the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own Faults much better than she did"
• (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the Fault than to fix it"
• (geology) a crack in the earth''s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological Fault"
• an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
• put or pin the blame on

'Fault' in other languages