01 n. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
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1.
Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.“Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied.” — Davies.
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2.
Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.“Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe.” — Pope.“Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects.” — Macaulay.
Syn.
Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.