Clues for the word "FAULT"

We've had 66 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 93 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on December 30, 2025.

Definition of fault

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