Definition of defect
- the grave defects in our foreign policy
- A defect prevented the DVD from playing properly.
- a hearing defect
They examine their products for defects.
She was born with a heart defect.
Vanity and pride were his two worst character defects.
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blemish, blight, blotch, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar;
adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament;
abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape;
blot, blur, spot, stain, taint;
The Russian scholar defected in 1979.
She defected from the conservative party.
He defected to the West before the war began.
The reporter defected to another TV network.
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: a physical problem that causes something to be less valuable, effective, healthy, etc.
: something that causes weakness or failure
: to leave a country, political party, organization, etc., and go to a different one that is a competitor or an enemy
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