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er·ror

–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 freak¹ (def. 5), variety (def. 8).

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME errour < L errōr- (s. of error), equiv. to err- err + -or -or¹

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—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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	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	error
Part of Speech:	adjective
Synonyms:	apocryphal, blatant, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, inaccurate, incorrect
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	error
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
Synonyms:	erratum, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slip-up, trip
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	error
Part of Speech:	noun
Synonyms:	barbarism, blooper, blunder, boner, boot, default, deviation, discrepancy, erratum, fallacy, falsity, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaffe, gremlin, impropriety, inaccuracy, indiscretion, lapse, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, miscue, misplay, mistake, muff, offense, oversight, slip, transgression, trespass, violation, wrong, corrigendum, faux pas, gaff, misinformation, slipup, typo, typographical error
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

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error, in law: see appeal.

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