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fault

1 of 2verb
/fɔlt/
Forms:faults,faulting,faulted,faulted
1

to put blame on someone or something for a mistake or problem

transitive
  • She tends to fault others without considering her own mistakes.
  • The supervisor will fault any deviation from the established procedures.
  • It's unfair to fault him for the project's failure without understanding the challenges he faced.
  • The teacher didn't fault the student for the honest error in the assignment.
  • The investigator couldn't fault the witness's account of the incident.
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