defaute

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) lack, absence
 * 2) * c. 1368,, , as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
 * "enm"

- I have so many an ydel thoght / Purely for defaulte of slepe / That by my trouthe I take no kepe / Of noo thinge how hyt cometh or gooth / Ne me nys no thynge leve nor looth


 * 1) failure to do something
 * 2) absence, failure to appear somewhere, especially  failure to appear in court
 * 3) lieu, stead, place
 * 4) need, poverty
 * 5) defect, blemish, flaw
 * 6) mistake, error
 * 7) crime, sin, wrong act
 * 8) fault, guilt, culpability, responsibility for something bad
 * 9) eclipse (of the sun)
 * 10) wane (of the moon)
 * 11) ebb (of the sea)

Noun

 * 1) lack; absence