A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); SYN. defect.

ETYM Latin defectus, from deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. Related to Fact, Feat, Deficit.
1. A failing or deficiency; SYN. shortcoming.
2. An imperfection in a bodily system.
3. An imperfection in a device or machine; SYN. fault, flaw.

ETYM Old Eng. flai, flaw flake; cf. Swed. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, Dutch vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and Eng. flag a flat stone.
1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or fabrication.
2. A defect; a fault.
3. A shortcoming, especially in moral character.

(Homonym: tear [in the sense of ripping]).
Empty container used as a counterbalance to obtain net weight.

ETYM Latin corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. Related to Rupture.
1. Containing errors or alterations; SYN. corrupted.
2. Lacking in integrity.
3. Touched by rot or decay; SYN. tainted.

Harmed or injured or spoiled.