Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun faulting

1 sense of faulting

Sense 1
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break -- ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust")
       => crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure -- (a long narrow opening)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fault

1 sense of fault

Sense 1
blame, fault -- (put or pin the blame on)
       => charge, accuse -- (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference")