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Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.

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

(morality) A failing of character; less severe than a vice.

A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.

(food variation) A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.

(obsolete) A point of weakness in something's physical structure.

A mistake or error.

A minor offense.

(tennis) An illegal serve.

(equestrianism) A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.

(programming) An exception within a software program or process.

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

(geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

(technology) An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.

(hunting) A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.

(mining) An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.

(obsolete) want; lack; absence

To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

(geology) To fracture.

To commit a mistake or error.

(computing) To undergo a page fault.