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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

defeat
defeated
defeats
DEFECT   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     defects
defective
defectives
defend

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1.
... defect?   12&12 p.64, Step Six
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?

2.
... defect can be corrected unless we clearly ...   12&12 p.58, Step Five
No defect can be corrected unless we clearly see what it is.


3.
... defect of character which stands in the ...   BB p.76, Into Action   Go to page 76 in the Big Book
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.

4.
... defect we must surely get a warped ...   12&12 p.67, Step Six
From this defect we must surely get a warped yet definite satisfaction.


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