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er⋅ror

[er-er]

–noun

1.	a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech: His speech contained several factual errors.

2.	belief in something untrue; the holding of mistaken opinions.

3.	the condition of believing what is not true: in error about the date.

4.	a moral offense; wrongdoing; sin.

5.	Baseball. a misplay that enables a base runner to reach base safely or advance a base, or a batter to have a turn at bat prolonged, as the dropping of a ball batted in the air, the fumbling of a batted or thrown ball, or the throwing of a wild ball, but not including a passed ball or wild pitch.

6.	Mathematics. the difference between the observed or approximately determined value and the true value of a quantity.

Law.

a.	a mistake in a matter of fact or law in a case tried in a court of record.

b.	writ of error.

8.	Philately. a stamp distinguished by an error or errors in design, engraving, selection of inks, or setting up of the printing apparatus. Compare freak ¹ (def. 5), variety (def. 8).

Origin:
1250–1300; ME errour < L errōr- (s. of error), equiv. to err- err + -or -or ¹

Related forms:

er⋅ror⋅less, adjective

er⋅ror⋅less⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. blunder, slip, oversight. See mistake. 4. fault, transgression, trespass, misdeed.

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er·ror (ěr'ər)

An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.
A mistake.
Mathematics The difference between a computed or measured value and a true or theoretically correct value.
Abbr. E Baseball A defensive fielding or throwing misplay by a player when a play normally should have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner.

[Middle English errour, from Old French, from Latin error, from errāre, to err; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
er'ror·less adj.

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