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n. Plural form of defect.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defect.

"Friendship seeks the more real, more solid virtues; integrity, constancy, and a steady uniformity of character: love, on the contrary, admires it knows not what; creates itself the idol it worships; finds charms even in defects; is pleased with follies, with inconsistency, with caprice: to say all in one line,"

defected    defecting    defectively    defects   

disadvantage   

deficient    deficit    deficiency    defective   

defector    defection   

deficiency    imperfection    blemish    fault    failing    fail    injure    damage   

Brecht    Hecht    Select    affect    bedecked    checked    collect    confect    connect    correct   

deficiency    weakness    fault    flaw    disorder    limitation    failure    injury    difficulty    peculiarity