defect
Plural: defects
Noun
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- "visual defects"
- "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
- a failing or deficiency
- "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
Verb
Verb Forms: defected, defecting, defects
- To abandon one's allegiance or cause.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- To join the enemy army.
- To flee one's country and seek asylum.
Examples
- a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment
- His loyalty to short, powerful words sometimes made him defect from longer bingo plays.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
blemish, desert, fault, flaw, mar, shortcoming, defect, deficiency, drawback, imperfection, inadequacy, peccadillo
Scrabble Score: 12
defect: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddefect: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
defect: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary