fault (third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted) (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
Definition of fault noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable] the responsibility for something wrong that has happened or been done. Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault? It's nobody's fault. He believes that the product’s poor image is partly the fault of the press. fault (that)… It was his fault that we were late.
Yahoo: A Crucial Part of the San Andreas Fault Has Been Disturbingly Quiet for Too Long
A Crucial Part of the San Andreas Fault Has Been Disturbingly Quiet for Too Long
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Live Science: Part of the San Andreas fault may be gearing up for an earthquake
Part of the San Andreas fault may be gearing up for an earthquake
fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit.
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
Faults are some of the most important structures in the Earth’s crust. They control earthquakes, influence mountain building, guide the flow of fluids and magma, and strongly affect landscapes and resources.