Thesaurus: flaw

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1. n. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
2. n. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
3. n. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
4. n. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
5. v. t. To crack; to make flaws in.
6. v. t. To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
7. n. an imperfection in an object or machine
8. n. defect or weakness in a person's character
9. n. an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
10. v. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
11. 1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak. 2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute. Has not this also its flaws and its dark side South. 3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs.] And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden. 4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson. Syn. -- Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck. 1. To crack; to make flaws in. The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. Dryden. 2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.] France hath flawed the league. Shak.
12. n:100 n. defect or weakness in a person's character n. an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness v. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective