Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.
A mistake or error.
From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of...
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To commit a mistake or error.