[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a defect or imperfection; flaw ; failing :a fault in the brakes;a fault in one's character.Synonyms: shortcoming , frailty , blemish Antonyms: perfection , merit , strength , virtue", "responsibility for failure or a wrongful act:It is my fault that we have not finished.", "an error or mistake:a fault in addition.", "a misdeed or transgression:to confess one's faults.", "Sports.(in tennis, handball, etc.)a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court.a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area.", "a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court.", "a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area.", "Geology, Mining.a break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture fault plane.", "Manège.(of a horse jumping in a show) any of a number of improper executions in negotiating a jump, as a tick, knockdown, refusal, or run-out.", "Electricity.a partial or total local failure in the insulation or continuity of a conductor or in the functioning of an electric system.", "Hunting.a break in the line of scent; a losing of the scent; check.", "Obsolete.lack; want."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to commit a fault; blunder ; err .", "Geology.to undergo faulting."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Geology.to cause a fault in.", "to find fault with, blame, or censure."]}]