A fault or malfunction.
A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
To flee one's country and seek asylum.
To join the enemy army.
An error; a blunder.
A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.