flawlessness

noun

1. a break, scratch, crack, etc. that spoils something; blemish: a flaw in a diamond
2. a defect; fault; error: a flaw in a legal document, in one's reasoning, etc.

Origin: ME, a flake, scale, splinter, prob. < or akin to ON flaga, thin layer: for IE base see flake

transitive verb, intransitive verb