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Definition of flaw : 1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
5. To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
6. To crack; to make flaws in.

Synonyms:

dishonor, shift, smirch, daub, injury, help, study at defect, demerit, break, shortcoming, bug, dent, faulting, blur, disgrace, beautiful, soil, better, reproach, geological fault

corruption, asymmetry, irregularity, crookedness, freakishness, lopsidedness, bend, contortion, perversity

abrade, stigma, scar, hack, eyesore, wart, fleck, blister, sore, weal, brand, pockmark, chip, spot, scuff, scratch, mark, dot, crack, abrasion, freckle, scab, scrape, splotch, defacement, hurt, deformity, deface, spoil, notch, rift, mar, kink, spoilage, blot, slit, impurity, distort, deform, speck, stain, blotch, discoloration, score, check, imperfection, taint, disfigure, discolor, hole, lesion, nick, gash, drawback, fracture, tarnish, damage, blemish, disfigurement

falsehood, misconception, misestimation, defect, inaccuracy, typo, misprint, distortion, blunder, misconstruction, slip, error, fault, aberration, fallacy, mistake, misjudgment, oversight, miscalculation, gaffe

inadequacy, deficiency, incompleteness

faultiness, badness, perversion, illegality, incorrectness, untruth, fallaciousness, falsity, wrongness

Usage examples:

• There is no flaw. - "The Seven Plays in English Verse", Sophocles.
• What is the flaw in the masterpiece? - "Ralestone Luck", Andre Norton.
• He says the lad has never a flaw in his throat. - "Somewhere in Red Gap", Harry Leon Wilson.