What is the meaning of Fault?

A defect; something that detracts from perfection.

A mistake or error.

A weakness of character; a failing.

A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger.

A minor offense.

Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.

A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.

An illegal serve.

An abnormal connection in a circuit.

want; lack

A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

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

To fracture.

To commit a mistake or error.

To undergo a page fault.

Obsolete spelling of faut (third-person singular present indicative of falloir)

inflection of faulen:

  1. second-person plural present
  2. third-person singular present
  3. plural imperative

second-person plural present

third-person singular present

plural imperative

fault

Source: wiktionary.org