Fault
nounid
54597·updated May 16, 2026“Fault” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment, ignorance, or inattention
polysemous
Attested in
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment, ignorance, or inattention
- §2
- in tennis, a serve that is illegal, e.g one that lands outside the prescribed area
- §3
- responsibility for a bad situation or event
- §4
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- §5
- in electronics, equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit, such as a loose connection, insulation failure or short circuit
- §6
- a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- §7
- an imperfection in an object or machine
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.