default

Failure to pay

Default is what happens when nothing else is specified—the preset option, the automatic choice.

Computer settings have defaults; loans go into default when payments aren't made.

As a verb, to default is to fail to meet an obligation He defaulted on his mortgage or to revert to a standard option The system defaults to English.

Something done by default happens through lack of alternatives rather than active choice.

failure

nonpayment

Failure to settle debts

delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
arrearsOverdue financial obligations
foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property

repossession · bankruptcy · insolvency · breach · forfeiture · obligation · loan · mortgage · creditor · debtor

setting

preset

Configured before use

configurationArrangement of parts
factoryIndustrial production facility
automaticOperating without intervention

system · option · parameter · value · restore · reset · revert · initialize · preference · mode

norm

standard

Level of quality accepted

baselineStandard for comparison
typicalRepresentative of a kind
usualOccurring most often

ordinary · conventional · expected · customary · benchmark · reference · established · routine · regular · common

tennis

judgment

Reasoned decision-making capacity

decisionSettled course of action
callContact by phone
forfeitLose through violation

walkover · no-show · withdrawal · concession · disqualification · retirement

fallback

backup

Stored duplicate for recovery

alternativeAnother available choice
contingencyUncertain possible event
substituteReplacement for another

replacement · reserve · secondary · standby · failover · auxiliary · emergency · stopgap · provisional · placeholder

default

nonpayment

preset

standard

judgment

backup

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