default

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: denault, dufault, devault

Antonyms: denault, dufault, devault

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|finance}} The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
2. {{lb|en|finance}} The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
3. {{lb|en|electronics|computing}} the original software programming settings as set by the factory
4. A loss incurred by failing to compete.
5. A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
6. {{lb|en|often|attributive}} A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
7. {{lb|en|legal}} The failure of a [[defendant]] to [[appear]] and [[answer]] a [[summons]] and [[complaint]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Lack; absence.
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Fault; offence; wrong act.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fail to meet an obligation.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To lose a competition by failing to compete.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|computing}} To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.