'Defect' definitions:

Definition of 'defect'

(from WordNet)
noun
An imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
noun
A failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: defect, shortcoming]
noun
An imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: defect, fault, flaw]
noun
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish, defect, mar]
verb
Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" [syn: defect, desert]

Definition of 'Defect'

From: GCIDE
  • Defect \De*fect"\, v. t. To injure; to damage. "None can my life defect." [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Defect'

From: GCIDE
  • Defect \De*fect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.]
  • 1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. [1913 Webster]
  • Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. --Davies. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment. [1913 Webster]
  • Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay.
  • Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Defect'

From: GCIDE
  • Defect \De*fect"\, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] "Defected honor." --Warner. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. to abandon one country or faction, and join another. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'defect'

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