Err

1. (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.

2. (v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.

3. (v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

4. (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

5. (v. i.) To offend, as by erring.

Thesaurus Entries

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