errancy

Other forms: errancies

Definitions of errancy
  1. noun
    fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err
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    antonyms:
    inerrancy
    (Christianity) exemption from error
    type of:
    fallibility
    the likelihood of making errors
  2. noun
    (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
    “he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church”
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    type of:
    unacceptability, unacceptableness
    unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards
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