Any characteristic or condition which tends to weaken or reduce the strength of the tool, object, or structure of which it is a part.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
defect (noun)1.
a) an imperfection that impairs worth or utility - shortcoming the grave defects in our foreign policy
b) an imperfection (as a vacancy or an unlike atom) in a crystal lattice
2.
Latin a lack of something necessary for completeness, adequacy, or perfection - deficiency a hearing defect
intransitive verb
1.
to forsake one cause, party, or nation for another often because of a change in ideology
2.
to leave one situation (as a job) often to go over to a rival - the reporter defected to another network
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
defect (noun)something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
SYNONYMS:
blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scarRELATED WORDS:
abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape; bug, glitch, kink; blot, blur, spot, stain, taint; damage, defacement, impairment, injury; failing, weaknessNEAR ANTONYMS:
adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornamentto leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another
SYNONYMS:
desert, rat (on)RELATED WORDS:
abandon, abdicate, abjure, apostatize, cut off, disown, forsake, quit, reject, renounce, repudiate, spurn; renege; depart, go, leave, withdrawNEAR ANTONYMS:
adhere (to), cling (to), stick (to with); cherish, cultivate, foster
Defect (Wiktionary)
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) enPR: dē'fĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈdiːfɛkt/
- (verb) enPR: dĭfĕkt', IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛkt/
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Noun
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flaw, imperfection, blemish, fault, deficiency
