| assault | (noun) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack | - |
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| (noun) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | - |
| (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: rape, ravishment, violation |
| (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, attack, set on |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| assaulter | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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| assaultive | (adjective) disposed to attack | Synonyms: attacking |
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| default | (noun) loss due to not showing up | - |
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| (noun) an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified | Synonyms: default option |
| (noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: nonpayment, nonremittal |
| (noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: nonpayment, nonremittal |
| (verb) fail to pay up | Synonyms: default on |
| defaulter | (noun) a contestant who forfeits a match | - |
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| (noun) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: deadbeat |
| (noun) someone who fails to make a required appearance in court | - |
| fault | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, mistake |
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| (noun) (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) | - |
| (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: demerit |
| (noun) responsibility for a bad situation or event | - |
| (noun) (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | - |
| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: defect, flaw |
| (verb) put or pin the blame on | Synonyms: blame |
| faultfinder | (noun) someone who is critical of the motives of others | Synonyms: cynic |
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| faultfinding | (adjective) tending to find and call attention to faults | Synonyms: captious |
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| (adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions | - |
| (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: carping |
| faultily | (adverb) in a mistaken manner | - |
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| faultiness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: defectiveness |
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| faulting | (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift |
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| faultless | (adjective) without fault or error | Synonyms: immaculate, impeccable, incorrupted |
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| faultlessly | (adverb) without a fault; in a faultless manner | - |
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| faultlessness | (noun) the quality of being without an error or fault | Synonyms: impeccability |
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| faulty | (adjective) having a defect | Synonyms: defective |
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| (adjective) characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules | Synonyms: incorrect, wrong |
| footfault | (noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline | - |
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| somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| (verb) do a somersault | - |
| somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| summersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summerset |
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| vault | (noun) the act of jumping over an obstacle | Synonyms: hurdle |
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| (noun) an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof | - |
| (noun) a burial chamber (usually underground) | Synonyms: burial vault |
| (noun) a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables | Synonyms: bank vault |
| (verb) bound vigorously | - |
| (verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: overleap |
| vaulted | (adjective) having a hemispherical vault or dome | Synonyms: domed |
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| vaulter | (noun) an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | Synonyms: pole jumper, pole vaulter |
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| vaulting | (adjective) revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights | Synonyms: overreaching |
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| (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: curvet |
| (noun) (architecture) a vaulted structure | - |