defect

Meaning

Noun

1. A fault or malfunction.
2. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
3. A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
2. To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
3. To join the enemy army.
4. To flee one's country and seek asylum.

Synonyms

fault

flaw

blemish

deficiency

shortcoming

imperfection

drawback

failing

damage

disadvantage

lack

desert

🏜️

error

weakness

impairment

want

failure

shortage

demerit

weak point

gap

vice

absence

blot

mistake

harm

stain

loss

hurt

frailty

scar

mar

omission

injury

inadequacy

blame

bad quality

glitch

bug

🐛

feebleness

malfunction

scarcity

abandon

apostatize

deformity

objection

macula

slur

fall away

default

Translations

défaut

defecto

difetto

Fehler

gebrek

Mangel

Defekt

defeito

mancanza

defect

carência

Schaden

defecte

ελάττωμα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdiːfɛkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“of, from”) + facere (“to do”).