failure

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.

Want of success; the state of having failed.

Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.

A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.

A failing; a slight fault.

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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. Socrates

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel

Success has many parents, but failure is an orphan. American Proverb

Failure is the mother of success. Chinese Proverb

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. Chinese Proverb

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