Error meaning

noun

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

   “he made a bad mistake”

   “she was quick to point out my errors”

   Synonymsmistakefault

2. inadvertent incorrectness

   Synonymserroneousness

3. a misconception resulting from incorrect information

   Synonymserroneous belief

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

   Synonymsmisplay

5. departure from what is ethically acceptable

   Synonymswrongdoing

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

   Synonymscomputer error

7. part of a statement that is not correct

   “the book was full of errors”

   Synonymsmistake