Antonyms for de fault

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dih-fawlt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɔlt

Definition of de fault

Origin : early 13c., "offense, crime, sin," later (late 13c.) "failure, failure to act," from Old French defaute (12c.) "fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack, privation," from Vulgar Latin *defallita "a deficiency or failure," past participle of *defallere, from Latin de- "away" (see de-) + fallere "to deceive, to cheat; to put wrong, to lead astray, cause to be mistaken; to escape notice of, be concealed from" (see fail (v.)). The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.

As in lack : noun deficiency, need
As in miss : noun failure
As in omission : noun something forgotten or excluded
As in oversight : noun failure, omission
As in bankruptcy : noun inability to pay debts
As in shortfall : noun deficit; imperfection
As in want : noun lack, need
As in Chapter 11 : noun declaring bankruptcy
As in nonpayment : noun failure
As in nonfeasance : noun failure
As in dearth : noun insufficiency, scarcity
As in default : noun failure; want
As in deficiency : noun imperfection, inadequacy
As in deficit : noun shortage of something needed, required
As in delinquency : noun misconduct
As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
As in renege : verb go back on one's word
As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
As in default : verb dodge payment
As in fail : verb lose money
As in go under : verb fail, submerge

Synonyms for de fault

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