DÉFAUT, m., faible; absence; imperfection physique ou morale.

When on me she does advance Her good-natur'd countenance, And those eyes which in their way Saying much, so much would say, They to me no blemish seem, Or as none I them esteem; I their imperfection prize Above other clearer eyes.

Our impotence entails pains, our imperfection sins, which its perfection keeps at a distance.