Fail"ance (?), n. [Of. faillance, fr. faillir.] Fault; failure;
omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
Fail"ing, n. 1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure;
deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a
mental failing.
And ever in her mind she cast about For that unnoticed failing in
herself.
Tennyson.