defect

defect
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. blemish, fault, flaw, imperfection; deficiency, lack, incompleteness. —v. i. desert, flee, abandon. See relinquishment, escape.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A lack of something needed]
Syn. deficiency, shortage, deficit; see lack 1 , 2 .
2. [A faulty part]
Syn. imperfection, flaw, blemish, drawback, shortcoming, fault, spot, stain, taint, speck, mark, weak point, break, rift, scratch, unsoundness, frailty, gap, twist, crack, check, discoloration, hole, knot, foible, vice, failing, sin, injury, birthmark, blot, scar, marring, deformity, demerit, blotch, weakness, error, patch, seam, mistake, rough spot, blindness, infirmity, bug*, glitch*, blind spot*; see also blemish .
Syn.- defect implies a lack of something essential to completeness or perfection [ a defect in vision ] ; an imperfection is any faulty detail that detracts from perfection [ minor imperfections of style ] ; a blemish is a superficial or surface imperfection that mars the appearance [ skin blemishes , a blemish on his record ] ; a flaw is an imperfection in structure or substance, such as a crack or gap, that mars the wholeness or continuity [ a flaw in a metal bar ] v.
Syn. fall away from, desert, forsake, change allegiance, change sides; see also abandon 2 , desert 2 , leave 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
imperfection, flaw, failing, mistake, deficiency, drawback, *bug, irregularity, error, shortcoming, weakness, chink.
ANT.: strength
II
v.
leave, desert, change allegiance, turn traitor, abandon, renounce, reject, forsake.
ANT.: embrace, uphold, remain
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The condition or fact of being deficient: deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See EXCESS. 2. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure: blemish, bug, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming. See BEAUTIFUL, BETTER, HELP. II verb To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another: apostatize, desert3, renegade, tergiversate, turn. Slang: rat. Idioms: change sides, turn one's coat. See APPROACH, TRUST.

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