faulted
Assigned blame to
Faulted is the past tense of fault, meaning to find error or assign blame: No one could have faulted her decision.
In geology, faulted describes rock formations displaced by a fault line: The faulted terrain made construction difficult.
The word often appears in the negative—She can't be faulted for trying—acknowledging effort even when results fall short.
Charged with wrongdoing
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- culpableDeserving of blame
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- liableLegally responsible for something
condemned · criticized · censured · reproached · reprimanded · implicated · indicted · denounced
Split in hard material
- riftCrack or estrangement
- faultlineCrustal fracture zone
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
tectonics · earthquake · rupture · escarpment · fissure · subduction · strata · tremor
accused
Charged with wrongdoing
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- culpableDeserving of blame
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
liable · condemned · criticized · censured · reproached · reprimanded · implicated · indicted · denounced · castigated
fracture
Split in hard material
- riftCrack or estrangement
- faultlineCrustal fracture zone
- displacementRemoval from usual location
seismic · tectonics · earthquake · rupture · escarpment · fissure · subduction · strata · tremor · epicenter
imperfect
Having flaws or faults
damaged · compromised · unsound · substandard · deficient · cracked · weakened · tainted · corrupted · broken
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- geologicaligneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, volcanic, tectonic
- rock propertieshardness, porosity, grain size, density, roughness
faultedexonerated
Cleared of wrongdoing
absolved · excused · vindicated · defended · cleared
- my faultAdmission of responsibility
- your faultBlame assigned to you
- at faultDeserving blame
- not my faultDenial of responsibility
- finding faultIdentifying errors or shortcomings
- find faultExpress disapproval of imperfections
fault, faulty, default, faults, faultless, defaults, defaulter, faulting, faultlessly