| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Responsibility for an error or crime: blame, culpability, guilt, onus. See START. 2. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure: blemish, bug, defect, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming. See BEAUTIFUL, BETTER, HELP. 3. An imperfection of character: failing, foible, frailty, infirmity, shortcoming, weakness, weak point. See BETTER, HELP. | | VERB: | To find fault with: blame, censure, criticize, rap1. Informal : cut up, pan. Slang : knock. See PRAISE.
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