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What does err mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word err? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To make a mistake.
  2. (intransitive) To sin.
  3. (archaic) to stray.
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City of York Council grits around 50 per cent of the network and there is a determination to err on the side of caution.
But I have a really bad feeling that these people tend to err on whichever side comes down in their favor.
In peacetime, we err on the side of caution, since nothing we do in training is worth the life of one of our soldiers.
People now can be hardcore ninja dwarves, or err towards the piratic side of elfdom.
Always err on the side of niceness until they prove themselves to be undeserving of your better side.
It has always been a puzzle to me that a man so brilliant and personally kind can occasionally err in such judgments.

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