What Is Fault? Definition And Usage Of This Term
WHAT IS FAULT – In this topic, we are going to know and learn the definition of this term and how is this term used in sentences.

Definition
The Oxford Dictionary defines the term as the following:
- an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person’s character
- a break or other defect in an electrical circuit or piece of machinery.
- a misguided or dangerous action or habit.
- responsibility for an accident or misfortune.
- an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
- criticize for inadequacy or mistakes.
Meanwhile, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines this term as the following:
- a moral weakness less serious than a vice
- a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment
- an error especially in service in a net or racket game
- responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
- a fracture in the crust of a planet (such as the earth) or moon accompanied by a displacement of one side of the fracture with respect to the other usually in a direction parallel to the fracture
Synonyms
Here are some of the following synonyms:
- defect
- flaw
- imperfection
- snag
- error
- mistake
- inaccuracy
- find fault with
- find lacking
- criticize
- attack
- censure
- condemn
- impugn
- reproach
Examples
Here are some examples of the usage of this term:
- I am afraid I find fault with the poem as much as I enjoy it.
- I’m sorry I was rude to you, and I know it’s not your fault you look so good in that suit.
- Your chief fault, my friend, is in being made of wood, and that I suppose you cannot help.
- Seeing him, Kutuzov’s malevolent and caustic expression softened, as if admitting that what was being done was not his adjutant’s fault, and still not answering the Austrian adjutant, he addressed Bolkonski.