1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• erroneousness ,
• error

) inadvertent incorrectness ;

3. (

• error ,
• erroneous_belief

) a misconception resulting from incorrect information ;

4. (

• error ,
• misplay

) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed ;

5. (

• error ,
• wrongdoing

) departure from what is ethically acceptable ;

6. (

• error ,
• computer_error

) (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer ;

7. (

• error ,
• mistake

) part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" ;