failance

English

Etymology

From Old French faillance, from faillir. Doublet of fallency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪləns/
• Rhymes: -eɪləns

Noun

failance (countable and uncountable, plural failances)

1. (obsolete) fault; failure; omission
   • 1810, John Fell, “Henry Hammond”, in Ecclesiastical Biography:

     […] 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 […]

Anagrams

• faelánic