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failure definition and meaning

n. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
n. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
n. Want of success; the state of having failed.
n. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
n. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
n. A failing; a slight fault.

Crossword clues for failure

- Debacle
- Deficiency
- Lack of success
- Lapse
- No hoper
- no success
- Opposite of success
- remissness
- what many fear