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verbmake a mistake; do wrong

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See also synonyms for: errable / erred / erring

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Walthour did say Rodriguez had erred in his decision when he claimed Walthour had submitted a formal affidavit concerning his wife’s health.

RULING ON MURDER CASE BY JUDGE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA WILL STAND, COURT SAYSBY JOE SEXTONMARCH 5, 2021PROPUBLICA

Above all, he valued his freedom — the freedom to explore, the freedom to err, the freedom to create.

ISADORE SINGER TRANSCENDED MATHEMATICAL BOUNDARIESDANIEL S. FREEDMARCH 4, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINE

We’re going to err on the side of caution, and we’re going to bring very few people back to the office at a time.

PUBLISHERS LOOK TO ALLAY EMPLOYEE FEARS OVER A RETURN TO THE OFFICE BY OFFERING ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITYJESSICA DAVIESFEBRUARY 10, 2021DIGIDAY

So, with transmission rates still high in many parts of the world, including the United States, and large swaths of the population still unvaccinated, it’s best to err on the side of caution.

WHAT DO COVID-19 VACCINES MEAN FOR DAILY LIFE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD?ERIN GARCIA DE JESUSJANUARY 29, 2021SCIENCE NEWS

The appeal filed Monday said Marchant had erred in several ways, including by accepting actions the General Assembly took last summer.

RESIDENTS ASK HIGH COURT TO BLOCK REMOVAL OF RICHMOND’S ROBERT E. LEE STATUE AS VIRGINIA PREPARES TO ACTGREGORY S. SCHNEIDERJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST

There is never any shame in erring on the side of staying in, particularly for those considered to be at high risk or who live in areas with skyrocketing rates of new cases.

HOW DOES YOUR COVID-19 RISK TOLERANCE COMPARE TO OTHERS?CHRIS WILSONOCTOBER 19, 2020TIME

And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.

THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS

Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee?

THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS

Whatever his own personal blunders, it was impossible for Joseph Addison to err in a point of literary judgment.

A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN

Is not your style so simple, frank, and direct that a wayfaring girl can read it and not err therein?

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