Synonyms for erring
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ur-ing, er- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜr ɪŋ, ˈɛr- |
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Définition of erring
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French errer "go astray, lose one's way; make a mistake; transgress," from Latin errare "wander, go astray, be in error," from PIE root *ers- "be in motion, wander around" (cf. Sanskrit arsati "flows;" Old English ierre "angry, straying;" Old Frisian ire "angry;" Old High German irri "angry," irron "astray;" Gothic airziþa "error, deception;" the Germanic words reflecting the notion of anger as a "straying" from normal composure). Related: Erred; erring.
- adj mistaken
- He was ashamed to be there—ashamed to meet the desolate and, as he believed, erring sister.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- May he not be worthier, at all events, than this soured temper and erring heart?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- All his affection for his erring brother was uppermost, all his sympathy and pity.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- From this I quote the following, which is by no means the most erring and most poisonous of their shafts.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Man contemplating the heavens is to regulate his erring life according to them.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- And you are also aware that the erring act which is done without knowledge is done in ignorance.
- Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
- They were erring men whom suffering had made blind to right and wrong.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- Righteousness demanded that the erring sister should be taken unawares.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- Loss of confidence in an erring idol is not loss of a true ideal.
- Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd
- There is not much danger of erring upon the side of too little law.
- Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
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