- mistake, error, fault - 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"
--1 is a kind of nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
--1 has particulars:blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain; confusion, mix-up; incursion; miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation; distortion; slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis; oversight, lapse; omission, skip; blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo; ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up; stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility; revoke, renege Derived form: verb err1 - erroneousness, error - inadvertent incorrectness
--2 is a kind of incorrectness, wrongness
--2 has particulars: deviationDerived form: verb err1 - error, erroneous belief - a misconception resulting from incorrect information
--3 is a kind of misconception
- error, misplay - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
--4 is a kind of failure
- error, wrongdoing - departure from what is ethically acceptable
--5 is a kind of evil, evilness
- error, computer error - (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
--6 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--6 has particulars:hardware error; software error, programming error; algorithm error - error, mistake - part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"
--7 is a kind of misstatement
--7 has particulars:corrigendum; misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal