erroneousness

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Understanding well enough that all this is quite natural and excusable in a sea-faring man, I succeed in checking a rising smile, and gently, but firmly, convince the officer of the erroneousness of this conclusion.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

The recent excavations on the 478 Acropolis have proved the erroneousness of the view, strongly maintained by Brunn, that the mass of the black-figured vases were of a late and imitative fabric.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

With regard to myself, Mr. Beckendorff, I am convinced of the erroneousness of your views.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The erroneousness of the popular belief, that Darnley, during the whole of this time, resided in a citizen’s house in the town of Stirling, is more deserving of being pointed out and corrected.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

In their estimation, the genuineness of an inspired writing is a thing not in the least degree rendered suspicious by the erroneousness of its statements.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William