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Webster 1828 Edition
Aberrance
ABER'RANCE
, [L. aberrans, aberro, to wander from; of ab and ABER'RANCY, erro, to wander.]A wandering or deviating from the right way, but rarely used in a literal sense. In a figurative sense, a deviation from truth, error, mistake; and in morals, a fault, a deviation from rectitude.
Definition 2024
aberrance
aberrance
English
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Noun
aberrance (plural aberrances)
- State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17th century.][1]
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Translations
state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4
French
Noun
aberrance f (plural aberrances)
- (statistics) Character of what is aberrant.
- (uncommon) An aberration or anomaly.