English-Dutch translations for fault

• afschuiving
• beschuldigen
• breuk
  De San Andreas-breuk van de Europese Unie loopt tussen de zeven lidstaten die grote nettobetalers zijn, en de rest. The San Andreas Fault for the European Union is between the seven Member States who are large net contributors, and the rest.
• euvel duiden
• fout
  Okay, dat was niet hun fout, maar kennelijk de fout van anderen. OK, it was not their fault, but apparently the fault of others.
  De crisis is evenmin de fout van het systeem. Nor is it the fault of the system.
  Het is altijd de fout van iemand anders. It is always somebody else's fault.
• kwalijk nemen
• onjuistheid
• schuld
  Zijn de artsen of de patiënten hieraan schuld? Is this the doctors' fault or the patients' fault?
  Hier heeft de Commissie geen schuld aan. That is not the Commission's fault.
  Het falen van het GBVB is onze eigen schuld. The failure of the CFSP is our fault.

Definition of fault

• A defect; something that detracts from perfection
• A mistake or error
• A weakness of character; a failing
• A minor offense
• A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity
• An illegal serve
• want; lack
• A lost scent; act of losing the scent
• To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone
• To fracture
• To undergo a page fault

Examples

• No! This is my fault, not yours
• For all her faults, she’s a good person at heart
• The fault lies with you
• slate fault dirt fault

Related words

• faulty
• default
• defaulter
• faultiness
• defaulting
• faultless
• faultlessly
• faultlessness
• faultfinder