Collocations for fault - noun

stupid
It's his own stupid fault his car was stolen—he should have kept it locked.

entire
It was my entire fault. I ruined everything.

lie with sb
The fault lay not with her but with her manager.

at fault
The party at fault in a court case usually pays the other party's legal costs.

through sb's fault
Many of the soldiers died through his fault.

without fault
Having made an error of judgement she was not without fault in the matter.

be all sb's fault, be entirely sb's fault
It's all your own fault, you know.

be largely sb's fault, be partly sb's fault
fault on sb's part (law)
the absence of fault on the part of the prosecution

through no fault of your own
people who, through no fault of their own, have lost their homes

big, great
Her great fault was that she thought too much of herself.
My biggest fault was my laziness.

moral
personal

have
We all have our faults.

be blind to, overlook
He is blind to his son's faults.
She was prepared to overlook his faults.

point out
No one had ever pointed out my faults to my face before.

accept, acknowledge, admit, admit to, realize, see
At least he admits to his faults.
I have to accept and realize my faults.

fault in
Incorrectness in speech was considered a great fault in a gentleman.

for all sb's faults
For all her faults (= in spite of her faults) she was a great woman.

to a fault
He is generous to a fault (= perhaps too generous).

major, minor
dangerous, serious
common
a common fault with this type of machine

glaring, obvious
These are just a few of the glaring faults that ruined the movie for me.

real
The only real fault of the book is its looseness of structure.

possible
design, electrical, mechanical, structural, technical (all esp. BrE)
Of course, minor mechanical faults sometimes occur.

have
The engine has a serious fault.

develop
The car soon developed another fault.

look for
detect, diagnose, discover, find, identify, locate
They've found a major fault with the electrical system.
When she tested the recorder she could find no fault with it.

find, pick (BrE)
My mother did nothing but find fault with my manners.
He's deliberately picking fault with the meal to get a reduction on the bill.

correct, fix, rectify (esp. BrE), repair
We're trying to correct the faults in the program.

report (esp. BrE)
You should report any fault directly to the phone company.

occur
lie in sth
The fault lay in the structure of the economy.

fault in
Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.

fault with
She was always finding fault with his manners.

for all its faults
For all its faults (= in spite of the faults), we love this city.

double
foot

serve
Even tennis champions sometimes serve double faults.

earthquake, geological

line
scarp
system, zone