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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Defect \De*fect"\, noun [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Deficit}.]

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 -- and every foe. --Pope.

Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay.

Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See {Fault}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Defect \De*fect"\, verb (used without an object) To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] ''Defected honor.'' --Warner.

2. to abandon one country or faction, and join another. [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Defect \De*fect"\, verb (used with an object) To injure; to damage. ''None can my life defect.'' [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

defect

noun

1: an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"

2: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: {shortcoming}]

3: an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: {fault}, {flaw}]

4: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: {blemish}, {mar}]

verb

1: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" [syn: {desert}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

defect {bug}