Antonyms for default
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-fawlt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɔlt |
Definition of default
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.
- noun failure; want
- verb dodge payment
- But in default of that, an old one or a story would be welcomed.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- She may wish to confess to me in default of the worthy father.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- He would have to go home to Anna, and confess that he was beaten by default.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- For the default of help she took cold there, and she soon knew that she must die.
- Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler
- In default of written testimony let us consult monumental evidence.
- Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
- He was perpetually giving an account of it to his own soul in default of other listeners.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- Our schools are democratic by default of social interest in them, so to speak.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- Default in the payment of interest throws the road into the hands of a receiver.
- Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
- Imprimis of Jane Shaxper for default of sute of court fined, 4d.
- Extract from : « Shakespeare's Family » by Mrs. C. C. Stopes
- After this, in default of sufficient cavalry, there was no choice but to retire.
- Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke
Synonyms for default
- absence
- bilk
- blemish
- blunder
- dearth
- defect
- deficiency
- defraud
- delinquency
- dereliction
- dishonor
- disregard
- error
- evade
- fail
- fault
- imperfection
- inadequacy
- insufficiency
- lack
- lapse
- leave town
- meet under arch
- miss
- neglect
- nonpayment
- offense
- omission
- overlooking
- oversight
- privation
- put on the cuff
- rat
- repudiate
- run out on
- see in the alley
- shirk
- shortcoming
- skate
- skip
- skip out on
- slight
- stiff
- swindle
- transgression
- vice
- weakness
- welch
- welsh
- wrongdoing
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