failance

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/ˈfeɪləns/

noun

fault; failure; omission

OriginOld French faillance →
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Meanings

nounfailance (countable and uncountable, plural failances)

plural failances

  1. countableobsoleteuncountablefault; failure; omission

    […] always made it necessary for him not to stir from his chair, or so much as read a letter, for two hours after every meal, failance wherein being certainly revenged by a sit of the gout […]

    1810, John Fell, “Henry Hammond”, in Ecclesiastical Biography

Origin

  1. Old Frenchfaillance
  2. Englishfailance

From Old French faillance, from faillir. Doublet of fallency.

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APA

failance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failance

MLA

“failance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “failance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failance.

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