Failing, n. 1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.
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And ever in her mind she cast about
For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson.
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2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.

Syn. -- See Fault.
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