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Errancy

A wandering; state of being in error.

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Fallibility 76% connected

The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

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Unacceptability 76% connected

The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.

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Err 74% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Err 74% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Errant 74% connected

Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

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Errant 74% connected

Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

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a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

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outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aberrancy noun · 78% connection

State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

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Aberrant adjective · 78% connection

Wandering; straying from the right way.

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.

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Anachronism noun · 78% connection

A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by…

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Astray adv. & a. · 78% connection

Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.

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Booly noun · 78% connection

A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like…

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Check bit noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will…

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Circler noun · 78% connection

A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic…

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Circumforaneous adjective · 78% connection

Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house.

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Close verb · 78% connection

Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.

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Deambulatory adjective · 78% connection

Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory.

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Delirament noun · 78% connection

A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.

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Delirious adjective · 78% connection

Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.

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