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Default [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A failing, or failure; an omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governors default A default or fault, may be a crime, a vice, or a mere defect, according to the nature of the duty omitted.

2. Defect; want; failure.

3. Cooks could make artificial birds, in default of real ones.

4. In law, a failure of appearance in court at a day assigned, particularly of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer. It may be applied to jurors, witnesses, etc.; but a plaintiffs failing to appear by himself or attorney, is usually called a non-appearance.

5. To suffer default is to permit an action to be called without appearing or answering; applied to a defendant.

Default [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To fail in performing a contract or agreement.

Default [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In law, to call out a defendant, (according to common expression.) To call a defendant officially, to appear and answer in court, and on his failing to answer, to declare him in default and enter judgement against him; as, let the defendant be defaulted.

2. No costs are to be awarded for such town, if defaulted.

3. To call out a cause, in which the defendant does not appear, and enter judgment on the default; as, the cause was defaulted.

4. To fail in performance.

5. To offend.

Default [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.

3. A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.

Default [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To fail in duty; to offend.

2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.

3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.

Default [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.

2. To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.

3. To leave out of account; to omit.

Defaulted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having defect.

Defaulted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Called out of court, as a defendant or his cause.

Defaulted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Default

Defaulter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when called.

2. One who fails to perform a public duty; particularly, one who fails to account for public money entrusted to his care; a delinquent.

Defaulter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

2. One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.

Defaulting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Failing to fulfil a contract; delinquent.

2. Failing to perform a duty or legal requirement; as a defaulting creditor.

3. Calling out of court, and entering judgment against for non-appearance, as a defendant.

Defaulting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Default

Shortcoming Roget’s Thesaurus §304

N. shortcoming, failure, falling short, default, defalcation, leeway, labor in vain, no go, incompleteness, imperfection, insufficiency, noncompletion, failure

V. 303, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short, not reach, want, keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass, break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out, come to nothing, fall through, fall to the ground, cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail, lose ground, miss stays

Adj. unreached, deficient, short, short of, minus, out of depth, perfunctory

Adv. within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds, behindhand, re infecta, to no purpose, for from it

Phr. the bubble burst

Neglect Roget’s Thesaurus §460

N. neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness, (dirt) 653, improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis, trifler, waiter on providence, micawber

V. be negligent, take no care of &c. (take care of ), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cast aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass, blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller, scamp, trifle, fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with, slur, skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over, pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink, table, ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with, forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract, divert

Adj. neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly, (dirty) 653, inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel

Adv. negligently, hand over head, anyhow, in an unguarded moment, per incuriam

Phr. out of sight, out of mind

Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass

Debt Roget’s Thesaurus §806

N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, # score, bill, check, account (credit) 805, arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency, bad debt, interest, premium, usance, usury, floating debt, floating capital, debtor, debitor, mortgagor, defaulter, borrower

V. be in debt, owe, incur a debt, contract a debt, run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account, go on tick, borrow, run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable, run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809, answer for, go bail for, bill, charge

Adj. indebted, liable, chargeable, answerable for, in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties, incumbered, involved, involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt, deeply involved, fast tied up, insolvent, minus, out of pocket, unpaid, unrequited, unrewarded, owing, due, in arrear, outstanding, past due

Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit, "neither a borrower nor a lender be"

Nonpayment Roget’s Thesaurus §808

N. nonpayment, default, defalcation, protest, # repudiation, application of the sponge|, whitewashing, insolvency, bankruptcy, failure, insufficiency, run upon a bank, overdrawn account, waste paper bonds, dishonored bills, protested bills, bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check, bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter|

V. not pay, fail, break, stop payment, become insolvent, become bankrupt, be gazetted, protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment, pay under protest, button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings, apply the sponge, pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed, swindle, run up bills, fly kites

Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing, in debt, behindhand, in arrear, behind in payments, in arrears, beggared, unable to make both ends meet, minus, worse than nothing, worthless, insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted, unpaid, gratis, unremunerated