Defect
Defect , noun
[Latin defectus, from deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and compare Deficit.]
1.
Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied.
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.
Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects.
Defect , intransitive verb
To fail; to become deficient. [Obsolete]
Defected honor.
2.
to abandon one country or faction, and join another.
Defect , transitive verb
To injure; to damage. [Rare]
None can my life defect.