Antonyms for faulted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawlt

Phonetic Transcription : fɔlt

Definition of faulted

Origin : late 13c., faute, "deficiency," from Old French faute (12c.) "opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency," from Vulgar Latin *fallita "a shortcoming, falling," noun use of fem. past participle, from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, spurious," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint" (see fail).
The -l- was restored 16c., probably in imitation of Latin, but was not pronounced till 18c. Sense of "physical defect" is from early 14c.; that of "moral culpability" is first recorded late 14c. Geological sense is from 1796. The use in tennis (c.1600) is closer to the etymological sense.

As in shift : verb switch, fluctuate
As in depreciate : verb belittle, ridicule
As in fail : verb abandon, forsake

Example sentences :

Granton tried a couple of swift balls and faulted them both.
Extract from : « A Book o' Nine Tales. » by Arlo Bates

The boy vanished mysteriously, the woman ran upstairs, and the man turned half angrily, as one faulted.
Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde

The trail was faulted in several places, but we picked it up each time without much difficulty.
Extract from : « The North Pole » by Robert E. Peary

It is not much of a lie—an' I had meddled with the Greek at all, I had not faulted simply thrice, but forty times.
Extract from : « The Prince and The Pauper, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Harriet began speeding up, but took two long chances and faulted two points to her opponents.
Extract from : « The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts » by Janet Aldridge

Faulted , interrupted continuity of rock strata by displacement along a plane of fracture, generally caused by an earthquake.
Extract from : « Unexplored! » by Allen Chaffee

While the region now known as "Glacier National Park" was being uplifted and faulted, the streams were continually at work.
Extract from : « Glacier National Park [Montana] » by United States Dept. of the Interior

The country has been faulted along north-and-south lines or planes.
Extract from : « Canyons of the Colorado » by J. W. Powell

Synonyms for faulted

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