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error noun [ ˈɛrə ]

• a mistake.
• "spelling errors"
Similar: mistake, fallacy, misconception, delusion, inaccuracy, miscalculation, misreckoning, blunder, fault, flaw, oversight, misprint, literal, erratum, misinterpretation, misreading, slip-up, boo-boo, howler, boner, fail, boob, bloomer,
Origin: Middle English: via Old French from Latin error, from errare ‘to stray, err’.

see the error of one's ways

• realize or acknowledge one's wrongdoing.
"he quickly sees the error of his ways and turns into a figure of saintly humility"



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