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misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

misplay collapse: play wrong or in an unskillful manner; play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note

misprint collapse: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind; print incorrectly

fallible collapse: likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

error collapse: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed; departure from what is ethically acceptable; a misconception resulting from incorrect information; part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"; (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

act on collapse: regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

judiciousness collapse: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating; good judgment

providence collapse: the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence"; the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources; the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University; a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

mistake collapse: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"; an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"; identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

detector collapse: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner; electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity; rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

judgment collapse: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"; (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions; an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

eschatology collapse: the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment; heaven and hell; the end of the world

public opinion collapse: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

testing collapse: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"; an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

errant collapse: uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"; straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

conviction collapse: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

mystique collapse: an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing

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