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default, n. 1. neglect, negligence, inadvertence, dereliction, fault, oversight; shortcoming; lapse, failure, omission, nonfulfillment, nonfeasance, nonperformance, Sports, forfeiture.
2. nonpayment, nonremittal, delinquency, Commerce. dishonor.
3. want, lack, absence; shortage, deficit, deficiency. -v. 4. bilk, Sl. welsh, cheat, Commerce, dishonor, refuse to accept a bill or charge, refuse to honor by payment, decline to pay or redeem, Inf. rip off, Sl. skip town, Brit. Sl. levant, Brit. Sl. do a moonlight flit.
5. fail, lapse, be negligent, Sports, forfeit; fall short, come short, run short, be found wanting, not measure up, Inf. not make the grade, Sl. not hack it.

defaulter, n. delinquent, nonpayer, cheat, Sl. welsh-er, Brit. Sl. levanter; tax evader, Inf. tax dodger,

defeat, v. 1. conquer, vanquish, subdue, subjugate, oppress; rout, discomfit, overwhelm, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor; worst, hash, Sl. skin, U.S. Sl. skunk, Inf. settle [s.o.'s] hash, Inf. lick, Sl. cream, Sl. shellac, Sl. pulverize; break, quell, quench, quash, destroy, Sl. zap, clobber, polish off, Sl. do in; beat, get the better of, best, upset, upend, Inf. svhomp.
2. master, overpower, overcome, surmount, outsmart, triumph over; control, dominate, gain the upper hand over; humble, bring down, have at one's beck and call; have eating out of one's hand, Inf. have wrapped around one's little finger.
3. frustrate, thwart, foil, balk, check, stop, abort; arrest, stay, stall, bring to a standstill; put a stop or an end to, terminate, end, Inf. put the kibosh on, nip in the bud; annul, disannul, nullify, cancel.
4. hinder, hamper, block, obstruct, oppilate, inhibit; confound, baffle, disconcert; prevent, bar, debar, forbid, proscribe.
-n. 5. conquest, vanquishment, subjugation; rout, discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, upset; beating, drubbing, trouncing.
6. downfall, breakdown, collapse; destruction, ruin, perdition; failure, fiasco, miscarriage.
7. frustration, thwarting; rebuff, check, checkmate; reverse, undoing; nonsuccess, no go, abortion, disappointment; loss, setback.

defecate, v. 1. void excrement, excrete, egest, Physiol. evacuate; have a bowel movement or B.M.; All Euph. go potty, relieve oneself, do number 2; move, pass, empty.
2. purify, clarify, refine, cleanse, depurate, purge,

defecation, n. 1. voiding excrement, excretion, egestion, Physiol, evacuation, Physiol, dejection; diarrhea, dysentery, Sl. the runs.
2. purification, cleansing, purge, depuration,

defect, n. 1. fault, error, mistake; imperfection, failing, weakness, infirmity, frailty; drawback, liability, weak point; blemish, birthmark, blot, stain, scar, cicatrice, deformity; flaw, scratch, crack, spot, tear, blotch; vice, foible; (all usu. pi, often of machinery) bugs, snags, kinks, rough spots.
2. want, loss, lack, absence, default, omission, deficiency; failure, shortcoming; insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage, shortfall, dearth.
-v. 3. abandon allegiance, desert, change sides, break faith, go over, bolt, apostatize; shift ground, change loyalties, turn traitor; tergiversate, veer round, do an aboutface, reverse oneself; renege, back out, bail out, bow out, Sl. cop out.