defect
noun
• a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack.
• "genetic defects"
Similar:
fault,
flaw,
imperfection,
deficiency,
weakness,
weak spot/point,
inadequacy,
shortcoming,
limitation,
failing,
obstruction,
snag,
kink,
deformity,
blemish,
taint,
crack,
break,
tear,
split,
scratch,
chip,
fracture,
spot,
mistake,
error,
bug,
virus,
glitch,
gremlin,
Origin:
late 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’.
defect
verb
• abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.
• "he defected to the Soviet Union after the war"
Similar:
desert,
go over to the enemy,
turn traitor,
rebel,
renege,
abscond,
go AWOL,
quit,
escape,
shift ground,
break faith,
be apostate,
apostatize,
abandon,
renounce,
repudiate,
secede from,
revolt against,
rat on,
forsake,
tergiversate,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin defect- ‘failed’, from the verb deficere (see defect1).
