"defailance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: defailances [plural]
Etymology: French défaillance. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|défaillance}} French défaillance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} defailance (countable and uncountable, plural defailances)
  1. (obsolete) failure; miscarriage Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Inflected forms

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