a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; he made a bad mistake; she was quick to point out my errors; I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults

[ Syn: mistake , fault ]

inadvertent incorrectness

[ Syn: erroneousness ]

a misconception resulting from incorrect information

[ Syn: erroneous belief ]

(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

[ Syn: misplay ]

departure from what is ethically acceptable

[ Syn: wrongdoing ]

(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

[ Syn: computer error ]

part of a statement that is not correct; the book was full of errors

[ Syn: mistake ]