All fault synonyms

noun fault

• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• omission — the act of omitting.
• negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
• offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
• indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
• crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
• wrongdoing — behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy.
• responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
• oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
• flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
• weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
• liability — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• misdeed — an immoral or wicked deed.
• miscue — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
• lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
• failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
• guilt — the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
• imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• onus — a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
• misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
• trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
• impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
• solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
• accountability — the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
• culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
• inaccuracy — something inaccurate; error.
• dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
• malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
• infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• frailty — the quality or state of being frail.
• delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
• foible — a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all-too-human foible.
• slip-up — a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.
• answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
• debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
• blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
• demerit — The demerits of something or someone are their faults or disadvantages.
• zit — a pimple; skin blemish.
• pimple — a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.