'Default' definitions:
Definition of 'default'
From: WordNet
noun
Loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"
noun
Act of failing to meet a financial obligation [syn: default, nonpayment, nonremittal]
noun
Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid [syn: nonpayment, default, nonremittal] [ant: payment]
noun
An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified [syn: default option, default]
verb
Definition of 'Default'
From: GCIDE
- Default \De*fault"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Defaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaulting.]
- 1. To fail in duty; to offend. [1913 Webster]
- That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Default'
From: GCIDE
- Default \De*fault"\, v. t.
- 1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. [1913 Webster]
- What they have defaulted towards him as no king. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To leave out of account; to omit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses. --Hales. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Default'
From: GCIDE
- Default \De*fault"\, n. [OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. d['e]faut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. See Fault.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. [1913 Webster]
- And pardon craved for his so rash default. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Regardless of our merit or default. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
- In default of, in case of failure or lack of. [1913 Webster]
- Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones. --Arbuthnot.
- To suffer a default (Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'default'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscondence,
- absence,
- absence without leave,
- absentation,
- absenteeism,
- absenting,
- arrear,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- AWOL,
- back debts,
- back payments,
- bad debt,
- be absent,
- be bereaved of,
- be caught napping,
- be neglectful,
- be negligent,
- bouncing check,
- come up short,
- culpa,
- culpable negligence,
- cut,
- day off,
- dearth,
- decline,
- defalcation,
- defect,
- defection,
- defectiveness,
- deferred payments,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- deficit financing,
- delinquence,
- delinquency,
- departure,
- dereliction,
- disallow,
- disappearance,
- disconformity,
- dishonor,
- dishonoring,
- disregard,
- dollar gap,
- drop,
- escape,
- excused absence,
- fail,
- fail to appear,
- failure,
- fall short,
- falling short,
- fault,
- fleeing,
- forfeit,
- French leave,
- furlough,
- gloss over,
- go astray from,
- holiday,
- hooky,
- ignore,
- imperfection,
- inaction,
- inadequacy,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- incur loss,
- inferiority,
- inobservance,
- insufficiency,
- keep away,
- kiss good-bye,
- laches,
- lack,
- laissez-faire,
- lapse,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- leave,
- leave of absence,
- leaving,
- let go,
- let ride,
- let slide,
- let slip,
- levant,
- looseness,
- lose,
- lose out,
- lose sight of,
- lose track of,
- mislay,
- misplace,
- miss,
- neglect,
- neglectfulness,
- negligence,
- nod,
- nonadherence,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformity,
- nondischarge of debts,
- nonfeasance,
- nonfulfillment,
- noninterference,
- nonobservance,
- nonpayment,
- nonperformance,
- nonremittal,
- nonrestriction,
- not care for,
- not come,
- not get involved,
- not heed,
- not pay,
- not show up,
- not think,
- omission,
- overdraft,
- overlook,
- overlooking,
- oversight,
- pass over,
- permissiveness,
- poor stewardship,
- privation,
- procrastination,
- protest,
- protested bill,
- refuse to pay,
- remissness,
- repudiate,
- repudiation,
- running away,
- sabbatical leave,
- sacrifice,
- short measure,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- shortfall,
- sick leave,
- slackness,
- sleep,
- slight,
- slump,
- stop payment,
- suffer loss,
- take for granted,
- truancy,
- truantism,
- turn up missing,
- uncollectible,
- underage,
- undergo privation,
- unexcused absence,
- unobservance,
- unrigorousness,
- vacation,
- wander from,
- want,
- weakness,
- welsh