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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Tragic flaw.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy.
  2. n. Christian theology : sin

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek ἁμαρτία (hamartia), meaning error or failure. From the verb ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō, "to miss the mark". (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek, from hamartanein, to miss the mark, err. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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