English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of fault

fault

/noun/ दोष; गुनाह; नुक्स; अपूर्णता; अशुद्धि; लांछन; फॉल्ट; त्रुटि; भ्रंश; चूक;

Synonym blame; sin; defect; imperfection; mistake; scutcheon; Fault; Error; prolapse; omission;

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English Dictionary:

1. Fault

[n.]

- Defect; want; lack; default.
- Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.
- A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
- A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
- In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
- A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
- Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.

2. Fault

[v. i.]

- To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

3. Fault

[v. t.]

- To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
- To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.