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Neglect of care; an act to which blame or censure is attached. Fault implies any Negligence, error, or defect of judgment.

Fault has been held to embrace a refusal to perform an action that one is legally obligated to do, such as the failure to make a payment when due.

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fault (Mistake), noun aberration, blunder, bungling, erratum, error, error of judgment, failing, false step, flaw, impropriety, inaccuracy, miscalculation, misjudgment, misstep, misunderstanding, omission, oversight, slip
Foreign phrases: Imperitia culpae adnumeratur.Unskillfulness is considered as negligence. Quod quis ex culpa sua damnum sentit non intelligitur damnum sennire. He who suffers a damage by his own fault is not connidered to have suffered damage. Culpa tenet suos auccores. A fault binds its own authors. Magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpa dolus est. Gross negligence is fault; gross fault is equivalent to a fraud.

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fault (Responsibility), noun accountability, blame, cause for blame, culpa, culpability, delictum, delinquency, dereliction, liability, malefaction, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misfeasance, negligence, peccatum, transgression
Associated concepts: comparative fault, contributory fault, connributory negligence, gross fault, with all faults, without fault
Foreign phrases: Culpa est immiscere se rel ad se non perrinenti.A person is at fault who intermeddles in matters not concerning him. Ejus nulla culpa est, cui parere necesse sit. No guilt attaches to a person who is compelled to obey. In pari delicto potior est conditio possidentis, defenddntis. Where the parties are equally guilty of wrongdoing, the defendant holds the stronger position.

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fault (Weakness), noun debility, defect, deficiency, delicacy, devitalization, drawback, emasculation, failing, feebleness, flaw, foible, frailty, impairment, imperfection, impotence, impuissance, inadequacy, incapacity, infirmity, instability, insufficiency, lack of strength, loss of strength, powerlessness, shortcoming, vitiation, vulnerable point, weak point

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fault verb accusare, accuse, admonish, animadvert, attack, berate, blame, bring into discredit, cast a slur upon, cast blame upon, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, chide, criticize, culpare, declaim against, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, discommend, discountenance, disparage, dispraise, dress down, hold to blame, impeach, impugn, impute, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, take to task, upbraid

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See also: blame, culpability, decry, defacement, defect, deficiency, delinquency, deprecate, depreciate, disadvantage, discommend, drawback, error, flaw, foible, frailty, guilt, impeach, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, onus, rift, tort, transgression, vice