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Webster 1913 Edition

Failance

Fail′ance

,

Noun.

[Of.

faillance

, fr.

faillir

.]

Fault; failure; omission.

[Obs.]

Bp. Fell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Failance

FA'ILANCE

,

Noun.

fault; failure. Obs.

Definition 2024

failance

failance

English

Noun

failance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural failances)

(obsolete) fault; failure; omission
- Bishop John Fell
  […] always made it necessary for him not to stir from his chair, or so much as read a letter, for two hours after every meal, failance wherein being certainly revenged by a sit of the gout […]