failance

fault; failure; omission

Noun

  1. fault; failure; omission
    • […] 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 […] - 1810, John Fell, “Henry...

Origin

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

Forms

failances