Error - Definition

n 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"; "I could understand his English in
spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: mistake, error,
fault]
2: inadvertent incorrectness [syn: erroneousness, error]
3: a misconception resulting from incorrect information [syn:
error, erroneous belief]
4: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out
when normal play would have sufficed [syn: error,
misplay]
5: departure from what is ethically acceptable [syn: error,
wrongdoing]
6: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result
produced by a computer [syn: error, computer error]
7: part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full
of errors" [syn: error, mistake]