Defect

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. Davies.

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 -- any every foe. Pope. Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. Macaulay.

Synonyms: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] "Defected honor." Warner.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To injure; to damage. "None can my life defect." [R.] Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).