Associations to the word «Err»

Wiktionary

ERR, verb. (intransitive) To make a mistake.
ERR, verb. (intransitive) To sin.
ERR, verb. (archaic) to stray.
ERR ON THE SIDE OF, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) To behave in a manner which favours or which is biassed toward.
ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, verb. (idiomatic) To act in the least risky manner in a situation in which one is uncertain about the consequences.

Dictionary definition

ERR, verb. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
ERR, verb. Wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats