Want or absence of something necessary or useful towards perfection; fault; imperfection. Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. We say, there are numerous defects in the plan, or in the work, or in the execution.

Failing; fault; mistake; imperfection in moral conduct, or in judgment. A deep conviction of the defects of our lives tends to make us humble. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend and every foe.

Any want, or imperfection, in natural objects; the absence of any thing necessary to perfection; any thing unnatural or misplaced; blemish; deformity. We speak of a defect in the organs of seeing or hearing, or in a limb; a defect in timber; a defect in an instrument.

To be deficient.