Main entry: mar, defect, blemish
Definition: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
Usage: a facial blemish
Main entry: shortcoming, defect
Definition: a failing or deficiency
Usage: that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
Main entry: defect
Definition: an imperfection in a bodily system
Usage: visual defects; this device permits detection of defects in the lungs
Main entry: defect, flaw, fault
Definition: an imperfection in an object or machine
Usage: a flaw caused the crystal to shatter; if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer
Definition: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
Usage: If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot