What is another word for "fail"?
Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "fail": able, accord, accordance, account, agreement, all, always, amnesia, amnesty, and, application, apply, arrear, aside, assimilate, attention, away, back, bad, bank, bankrupt, bankruptcy, become, behind, behindhand, bogus, both, break, button, cancel, cast, cause, check, cheque, clockwork, close, coach, come, conform, conformably.
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- Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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