Difference between revisions of "Fault"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Defect; want; lack; default. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Anything]] that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; - chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. </p>

<p> FAULT, n. See Fail. </p> 1. Properly, an erring or missing a failing hence, an error or mistake a blunder a defect a blemish whatever impairs excellence applied to things. 2. In morals or deportment, any error or defect an imperfection any deviation from propriety a slight offense a neglect of duty or propriety, resulting from inattention or want of prudence, rather than from design to injure or offend, but liable to censure or objection. <p> I do remember my faults this day. &nbsp;Genesis 41 . </p> <p> If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such as one in the spirit of meekness. &nbsp;Galatians 6 . </p> <p> [[Fault]] implies wrong, and often some degree of criminality. </p> 3. [[Defect]] want absence. Not now used. See Default. <p> I could tell to thee, as to one if pleases me, for fault of a better to call my friend. </p> 4. Puzzle difficulty. <p> Among sportsmen, when dogs lose the scent, they are said to be at fault. Hence the phrase, the inquirer is at fault. </p> 5. In mining, a fissure in strata, causing a dislocation of the same, and thus interrupting the course of veins. <p> To find fault, to express blame to complain. </p> <p> Thou wilt say then, why doth he yet find fault? &nbsp;Romans 9 . </p> <p> To find fault with, to blame to censure as, to find fault with the times, or with a neighbor's conduct. </p> <p> FAULT, To fail to be wrong. Not used. </p> <p> FAULT, To charge with a fault to accuse. </p> <p> For that I will not fault thee. </p>

<p> A slight defect or crime which subjects a person to blame, but not to punishment; a deviation from, or transgression of a rule in some trifling circumstance. </p>

<p> ''''' fôlt ''''' ( חטא , <i> ''''' ḥāṭā' ''''' </i> ; αἰτία , <i> ''''' aitı́a ''''' </i> , μέμφομαι , <i> ''''' mémphomai ''''' </i> ): Implies defect, of less moral weight than crime or sin. It is the translation of <i> ''''' ḥāṭā' ''''' </i> , "error," "failure," "sin" (&nbsp;Exodus 5:16 ); of <i> ''''' ḥēṭ' ''''' </i> , same meaning (&nbsp;Genesis 41:9 , "I do remember my faults this day"); of <i> ''''' ‛āwōn ''''' </i> , "perversity," "iniquity" (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:8; &nbsp;Psalm 59:4 ); of <i> ''''' rish‛āh ''''' </i> , "wrongness," "wickedness" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 25:2 , the Revised Version (British and American) "wickedness"); of <i> ''''' sheḥath ''''' </i> (Aramaic) "corruption" (&nbsp;Daniel 6:4 twice); <i> ''''' me'ūmāh ''''' </i> , "anything" (&nbsp;1 Samuel 29:3 , "no fault in him," literally, "not anything"); of <i> ''''' aitia ''''' </i> , "cause," "case," "guilt," (&nbsp;John 18:38; &nbsp;John 19:4 , &nbsp;John 19:6; [[Pilate]] of Jesus, "I find no fault in him," the Revised Version (British and American) "no crime"; the same word is rendered "accusation," i.e. 'legal cause for prosecution,' &nbsp;Matthew 27:37; &nbsp;Mark 15:26; compare &nbsp;Acts 25:18 , &nbsp;Acts 25:27 ); of <i> ''''' aı́tion ''''' </i> , same meaning (&nbsp;Luke 23:4 , &nbsp;Luke 23:14; &nbsp;Luke 23:22 , <i> ''''' aition thanátou ''''' </i> "cause of death"); of <i> ''''' hḗttēma ''''' </i> , "a worse condition," "defect" (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 6:7 , the Revised Version (British and American) "a defect," margin "a loss to you"); of <i> ''''' paráptōma ''''' </i> , "a falling aside" (&nbsp;Galatians 6:1 , "If a man be overtaken in fault," the Revised Version (British and American) "in any trespass," margin "by"; &nbsp;James 5:16 , "Confess your faults one to another," the Revised Version (British and American) "Confess therefore your sins one to another"); <i> ''''' hamartánō ''''' </i> , "to miss," "err," "sin," is translated "your faults" (&nbsp;1 Peter 2:20 the Revised Version (British and American), "when ye sin"); <i> ''''' memphomai ''''' </i> , "to blame," is translated "to find fault" (&nbsp;Mark 7:2 omitted the Revised Version (British and American); &nbsp; Romans 9:19; &nbsp;Hebrews 8:8 ); <i> ''''' elégchō ''''' </i> , "to convict," "to tell one's fault" (&nbsp;Matthew 18:15 , the Revised Version (British and American) "show him his fault"); <i> ''''' ámōmos ''''' </i> , "without blemish," "spotless," is translated "without fault" (&nbsp;Revelation 14:5 , the Revised Version (British and American) "without blemish," "faultless"; &nbsp;Judges 1:24 , "able to present you faultless," the Revised Version (British and American) "without blemish"); <i> ''''' ámemptos ''''' </i> , "blameless," "without reproach" (&nbsp;Hebrews 8:7 , "for if that first covenant had been faultless"). "Faulty" is the translation of <i> ''''' 'āshēm ''''' </i> , "guilty" (&nbsp;2 Samuel 14:13 , "as one which is faulty," the Revised Version (British and American) "guilty"); of <i> ''''' 'āsham ''''' </i> , "to be or become guilty" (&nbsp;Hosea 10:2 , Revised Version "guilty"). </p>