- noundefect (noun) · defects (plural noun)
- a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:"genetic defects" · "the property is free from defect"
Originlate Middle English (as a noun, influenced by Old French defect ‘deficiency’): from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere ‘desert or fail’, from de- (expressing reversal) + facere ‘do’.verbdefect (verb) · defects (third person present) · defected (past tense) · defected (past participle) · defecting (present participle)- abandon one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one:"he defected to the Soviet Union after the war"
Originlate 16th century: from Latin defect- ‘failed’, from the verb deficere (see defect).Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:
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