defect
/dɪˈfɛkt/ verb C2- To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- To join the enemy army.
- To flee one's country and seek asylum.
He/she/it defects · Past defected · Past participle defected · -ing form defecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- defect
- He/she/it
- defects
- Past
- defected
- Past participle
- defected
- -ing form
- defecting
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Then Marilla suddenly became aware of an uncomfortable and rebuking consciousness that she felt more humiliation over this than sorrow over the discovery of such a serious defect in Anne’s disposition.
Darcy has no defect.
“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.”
“And _your_ defect is a propensity to hate everybody.”
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