FA'ILURE, noun fa'ilyur. 1. A failing; deficience; cessation of supply, or total defect; as the failure of springs or streams; failure of rain; failure of crops. 2. Omission; non-performance; as the failure of a promise; a man's failure in the execution of a trust. 3. Decay, or defect from decay; as the failure of memory or of sight. 4. A breaking, or becoming insolvent. At the close of a war, the prices of commodities fall, and innumerable failures secceed. 5. A failing; a slight fault. [Little used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI