Antonyms for defect

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : noun dee-fekt, dih-fekt; verb dih-fekt

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; verb dɪˈfɛkt

Definition of defect

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French defect and directly from Latin defectus "failure, revolt, falling away," noun use of past participle of deficere "to fail, desert" (see deficient).

noun blemish, imperfection
verb break from belief, faith

Example sentences :

Yet the manner, and the air, made up (as I intended they should) for that defect.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

What we imagine to be a superior perfection, may really be a defect.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

Rousseau's Confessions has precisely this defect—he read it to his friends.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Most often a virtue presents itself side by side with a defect.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Some defect in the latter may be excused, but not in the former.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

And we have admitted that justice is the excellence of the soul, and injustice the defect of the soul?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

This remedies the defect of our too great nearness to ourselves.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Has he a defect of temper that unfits him to live in society?
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

His art is less for every deduction from his holiness, and less for every defect of common sense.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each of these elements in excess makes a mischief as hurtful as its defect.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Synonyms for defect

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