Synonyms for erring


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ur-ing, er-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜr ɪŋ, ˈɛr-

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Définition of erring

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French errer "go astray, lose one's way; make a mistake; transgress," from Latin errare "wander, go astray, be in error," from PIE root *ers- "be in motion, wander around" (cf. Sanskrit arsati "flows;" Old English ierre "angry, straying;" Old Frisian ire "angry;" Old High German irri "angry," irron "astray;" Gothic airziþa "error, deception;" the Germanic words reflecting the notion of anger as a "straying" from normal composure). Related: Erred; erring.
  • adj mistaken
Example sentences :
  • He was ashamed to be there—ashamed to meet the desolate and, as he believed, erring sister.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • May he not be worthier, at all events, than this soured temper and erring heart?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • All his affection for his erring brother was uppermost, all his sympathy and pity.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • From this I quote the following, which is by no means the most erring and most poisonous of their shafts.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Man contemplating the heavens is to regulate his erring life according to them.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • And you are also aware that the erring act which is done without knowledge is done in ignorance.
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • They were erring men whom suffering had made blind to right and wrong.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Righteousness demanded that the erring sister should be taken unawares.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • Loss of confidence in an erring idol is not loss of a true ideal.
  • Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd
  • There is not much danger of erring upon the side of too little law.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood

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