Defect

de-fekt', n. Want of something nece ary completene ; failing; blemish; fault. — Defective, -iv, a. Wanting in substance, quantity, or quality; incomplete; imperfect; faulty. (Oram.) lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation. — Defectively, adv. —Defectivene , n. — fecation, n. Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound: apostasy; backsliding. — ficient, -fish'ent, a. Wanting to make up completene ; not sufficient; inadequate; short.— Defi'cience, -ciency, -shen-sT, n. State of being, etc.; want; ure. — Deficit, -I-sit, n.