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defect - noun

  1. The condition or fact of being deficient: deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage. See excess.
  2. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure: blemish, bug, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming. See beautiful. better. help.

defect - verb

  1. To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another: apostatize, desert, renegade, tergiversate, turn. Slang rat. See approach. trust.