Failure \Fail"ure\, n. [From {Fail}.]
   1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing;
      deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
      
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   2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a
      promise.
      
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   3. Want of success; the state of having failed.
      
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   4. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the
      failure of memory or of sight.
      
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   5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment;
      as, failure in business.
      
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   6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] --Johnson.
      
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Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.]
   1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
      superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase
      without fail. "His highness' fail of issue." --Shak.
      
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   2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
      
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