After discovering the fuse had blown Jack replaced it and fixed the fault in the circuit.
The broken window was her fault.
Fault can be used in the sentence as follows. I tried to blame my sister for the mess, but my mom knew it was my fault.
She made a big fault of dumping her boyfriend.
I suspect my computer has developed a hardware fault.
She was wonderful, save for a minor fault. The earthquake occured along a fault line.
Bob still insisted that Rosie's tripping on his banana peel was not his fault.
Fault zones are areas where there are many interconnected faults.
It was your fault that you were late for the party.
A word substitute for the sentence "A fault that can be forgiven" is "venial".
I was pretty close to the scene of the accident, but I did not see who was at fault. That's a pretty butterfly!
Alice was all thumbs last thursday, it was her fault that half of the plates were broken.
She might be lascivious, but I don't consider that a fault if it is only with me!