Antonyms for error


Grammar : Noun
Spell : er-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛr ər


Definition of error

Origin :
  • also, through 18c., errour, c.1300, from Old French error "mistake, flaw, defect, heresy," from Latin errorem (nominative error) "a wandering, straying, mistake," from errare "to wander" (see err).
  • Words for "error" in most Indo-European languages originally meant "wander, go astray" (but cf. Irish dearmad "error," from dermat "a forgetting").
  • noun mistake; wrong
Example sentences :
  • Did all the error and sorrow of her life pass distinctly before her?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I fear you may be led unwittingly into error by your associates.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Error in speculative doctrine not impious - nor knowledge pious.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • It is natural to goodness and innocence, but not the less is the error a disastrous one.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • There was nothing in her behaviour to indicate a consciousness of error from her sphere.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • There is a limit to the best man's experience; a margin of error in the best man's judgment.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Her letter to me admitted her error, and confessed her unhappiness; but there was no remedy.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • But the error was solely with the boy; for what was innocence in her was but passion in him.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He, also, took overheed to what he was about, and so he fell into Will Scarlet's error.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • What a terrible proof of error they offered under the radiant sky!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for error

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