default
default is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. And pardon craved for his so rash default. Spenser. Regardless of our merit or default. Pope.
- 2.(Law) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. In default of, in case of failure or lack of. Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones. Arbuthnot. -- To suffer a default (Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer.
- 3.To fail in duty; to offend. That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. Spenser.
- 4.To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
- 5.To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.
- 6.To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton.
- 7.(Law) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.
- 8.To leave out of account; to omit. [Obs.] Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses. Hales.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- account
- and
- answer
- answerable
- application
- apply
- arrear
- bad
- bail
- bank
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- become
- behind
- behindhand
- bill
- bogus
- borrow
- borrower
- both
- break
- button
- capital
- caret
- charge
- chargeable
- check
- cheque
- complete
- constable
- contract
- credit
- crude
- debit
- debitor
- debt
- debtor
- deep
- deeply
- defalcation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is default.
- What is fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. And pardon craved for his so rash default. Spenser. Regardless of our merit or default. Pope called?
- What is to fail in duty; to offend. That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. Spenser called?
- What is to fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty called?
- What is to fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default called?
- What is to fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton called?
- What is to call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against called?
- What is to leave out of account; to omit. [Obs.] Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses. Hales called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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