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Antonyms for faults

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawlt
Phonetic Transcription : fɔlt

Definition of faults

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.
  • noun blame, sin; mistake
  • noun physical defect
Example sentences :
  • Ill-considered remedies for our faults bring only penalties after them.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Casting from us our own faults first, let us cast from us and from him our neighbor's also.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The firm who sold it to me agreed that it should have none of the faults of the old one.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • He seems often to have realized the faults of his own haste.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • I have no enmity to these ladies; I only despise them, or rather, their follies and their faults.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And finds sights of faults with things wherever she is, sights of it.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 3. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • Faults of temper she may have had, and eke narrow prejudices on sundry points.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • We do not indeed justify her faults, but let us not overlook our own.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Should we not be particularly careful to keep clear of the faults we censure?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The play is simply superb, in spite of the faults of the translation.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various

Synonyms for faults

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