Err synonyms

ĕr, ûr

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sin
To violate a religious or moral law.
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fail (related)
To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately:
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deviate
(Intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
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flub
To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
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miscalculate
To calculate incorrectly; miscount or misjudge
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misdo
To do wrongly or awkwardly; botch.
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mistake
To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
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muff
(Sports) To miss (a catch) or bungle (a play)
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stray
(Intransitive) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
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stumble
To walk or go in an unsteady or awkward manner, as from age, weakness, etc.
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transgress
(Intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
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wander
To turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
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wrong
To wrong is to act improperly towards someone or to improperly accuse someone of something bad.
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be right (antonym)
do wrong
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correct (antonym)
To make or put right:
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miscue
(Theater) To miss one's cue or answer the wrong cue
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slip
To go, move, pass, etc. smoothly, quickly, or easily
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slip-up
To make an error or mistake
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trip up
(Intransitive) To fall or stumble.
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offend
To break a law, religious commandment, etc.; commit a sin or crime
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trespass
(Law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
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depart
To go away; leave:
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digress
To turn aside, especially to depart temporarily from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray.
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diverge
(Intransitive, literally of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
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swerve
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
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veer
To veer is to turn or swerve sharply or to go off course.
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right (related)
Right means correctly, completely, thoroughly or exactly.
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approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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drift
(Intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
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misappreciate
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misvalue
To fail to value properly or adequately
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misevaluate
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in-that-case (related)
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say-so (related)
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disbelieve (related)
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misjudge
To judge wrongly or unfairly
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blunder
To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
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be mistaken
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bungle
To spoil by clumsy work or action; botch
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goof
(US) To engage in mischief.
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lapse
To pass away; elapse
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  • Men always did and always will err, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.

  • However, it is always best to err on the side of conservatism when choosing women's holiday clothes.

  • The system will always err on the side of caution.

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