Definition of "fault" in English

noun

1. (typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.

   • No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
   • I told them the pie was still too hot. If they burn their tongues, that's their fault.

2. A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

3. A mistake or error.

4. A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.

5. (obsolete) want; lack; absence

verb

1. (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

2. (intransitive, geology) To fracture.

3. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.

4. (intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.