Synonyms for defect
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun dee-fekt, dih-fekt; verb dih-fekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; verb dɪˈfɛkt |
Top 10 synonyms for defect Other synonyms for the word defect
- apostatize
- back out
- birthmark
- blot
- blotch
- break
- break faith
- catch
- change sides
- check
- discoloration
- drawback
- failing
- fall away from
- flaw
- foible
- forsake
- frailty
- gap
- glitch
- go
- go back on
- go over
- go over the fence
- gremlin
- hole
- infirmity
- injury
- irregularity
- kink
- knot
- lack
- lapse
- leave
- mark
- marring
- mistake
- patch
- pull out
- quit
- rat
- rebel
- reject
- renege
- renounce
- revolt
- rift
- rough spot
- run out
- scar
- scarcity
- schism
- scratch
- seam
- second
- sell out
- shortage
- shortcoming
- sin
- speck
- spot
- spurn
- stain
- taint
- take a walk
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn coat
- unsoundness
- vice
- walk out on
- want
- weak point
- weakness
- withdraw
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for defect
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