Failing
Pronunciation : Fail"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. And ever in her mind she cas about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson.
2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Syn. -- See Fault.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913