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Definition of At fault
1. Adjective. Deserving blame. "Admitted to being at fault"
Definition of At fault
1. Adjective. guilty, responsible, deserving blame ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of At Fault
Literary usage of At fault
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The court below erred in hold- hig the steamer at fault on account of her rate
of speed at the time of the collision. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"By husband on Sunday, "the party at fault being (inns. By a decree of 10 April,
1913, the dignity should kiss his wife, and no wife should kiss her the ..."
3. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1913)
"... which I have traced through the session when they March- first confronted each
other, was one in which both July- sides were now clearly at fault, ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"THK WHEAT-GROWING DIFFICULTY—CHEMICAL ANALYSES at fault. This matter is so
important that I strongly recommend a perusal of the whole of chapter viii. in ..."
5. The Real Shelley: New Views of the Poet's Life by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1885)
"... I venture to think that Mr. Rossetti is at fault in this particular, having
perhaps erred through reasonable reliance on the accuracy of Mr. Peacock, ..."
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