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defect
1. n. A fault or malfunction.
a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment
2. n. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
3. n. (math) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
4. v. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
5. v. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
6. v. (military) To join the enemy army.
7. v. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.

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If it were not for this defect, I should hire him at once.  For nothing is so beautiful but that it betrays some defect on close inspection.

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