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defect

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defect - bug
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And if those seigniors are considered who have lost their states in Italy in our times, such as the King of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and others, there will be found in them, firstly, one common defect in regard to arms from the causes which have been discussed at length; in the next place, some one of them will be seen, either to have had the people hostile, or if he has had the people friendly, he has not known how to secure the nobles.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
It consists in some defect or ugliness which is not painful or destructive.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
For defect, which is an evil, has excess for its contrary, this also being an evil, and the mean.
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