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plural of error
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1
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
- a report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors
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2
a breaking of a moral or legal code
- we have all committed errors in our lives and strayed from the path of righteousness
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3
a false idea or belief
- the story only spread the error by repeating the misinterpreted statistics
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“Errors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errors. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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