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  • noun. Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially failure to meet a financial obligation.
  • noun. Failure of a party in a case to make a required court appearance.
  • noun. The failure of one or more competitors or teams to participate in a contest.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A particular setting or value for a variable that is assigned automatically by an operating system and remains in effect unless canceled or overridden by the operator.
  • noun. A situation or condition that obtains in the absence of active intervention.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fail to do what is required.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to pay money when it is due.
  • intransitive verb. To revert to a default.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fail to appear in court as a party to a case when summoned.
  • intransitive verb. To lose a case by not appearing.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to take part in or complete a scheduled contest.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to perform or pay.
  • intransitive verb. To lose (a case) by failing to appear in court.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to take part in or complete (a contest, for example).
  • idiom. (in default of) Through the failure, absence, or lack of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fail in fulfilling or satisfying an engagement, claim, or obligation; especially, to fail in meeting a legal or pecuniary obligation at the proper time, as appearance in court, the payment of a debt, or the accounting for funds intrusted to one's care: as, a defaulting defendant or debtor; he has defaulted on his bond, or in his trust.
  • To fail in duty; offend.
  • To omit; neglect.
  • To fail in the performance of.
  • In law, to declare (a defendant) in default and enter judgment against (him).
  • noun. A failing or failure; an omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty, obligation, or law requires; specifically, in law, a failure to perform a required act in a lawsuit within the required time, as to plead or appear in court, or omission to meet a pecuniary obligation when due.
  • noun. Lack; want; failure; defect.
  • noun. A fault; an offense; a misdeed; a wrong act.
  • noun. In hunting, a lost scent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
  • noun. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. in case of failure or lack of.
  • noun. to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer.
  • intransitive verb. To fail in duty; to offend.
  • intransitive verb. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.
  • transitive verb. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To leave out of account; to omit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
  • noun. the original software programming settings as set by the factory
  • noun. A loss incurred by failing to compete.
  • noun. A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
  • noun. A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
  • noun. The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
  • verb. To fail to meet an obligation.
  • verb. To lose a competition by failing to compete.
  • verb. To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
  • verb. To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
  • verb. fail to pay up
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    "Switching between modes toggles between the original assignments saved with the setting and the default assignments (taken from #default. pst setting-which is loaded on instantiation of Sculpture, if it exists)."
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