Antonyms for faultlessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawlt-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔlt lɪs


Definition of faultlessness

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "having no blemishes or imperfections," from fault (n.) + -less. Meaning "having no blame, culpability, or guilt" is from 1570s. Related: Faultlessly; faultlessness.
  • As in perfection : noun achievement, completeness
  • As in infallibility : noun perfection
  • As in accuracy : noun precision or correctness
  • As in accurateness : noun accuracy
  • As in exactitude : noun accuracy
  • As in preciseness : noun accuracy
  • As in rightness : noun accuracy
  • As in correctness : noun accuracy
  • As in exactness : noun accuracy, precision
Example sentences :
  • The faultlessness of his dress and the perfection of style in his carriage abashed her.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • He has just that air and reputation of faultlessness that gives me the spleen.
  • Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney
  • He was a stranger, evidently; a stranger with a high regard for the faultlessness of male attire, too.
  • Extract from : « Violets and Other Tales » by Alice Ruth Moore
  • Here our faults dissociate us more or less from our brethren; faultlessness there will make the union complete.
  • Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache
  • Purity of conception and faultlessness of workmanship were still the desiderata of music.
  • Extract from : « Music: An Art and a Language » by Walter Raymond Spalding
  • His diction is almost unfailingly good; indeed, it is the very regularity and faultlessness of his verse that sometimes jars.
  • Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
  • Glancing shyly up, she saw that it fitted him in all faultlessness, as the falcon's feathers fit the falcon.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel at Boarding-School » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Synonyms for faultlessness

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