mistake (n)
error#2 (n)
fault (n)

n00070965

type n
lex_filenum 04
def a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
examples he made a bad mistake
she was quick to point out my errors
I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
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Hypernym nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Derivationally related form fault → faulty
Derivationally related form fault → fault
Derivationally related form error → err
Derivationally related form mistake → mistake
Hyponym blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain; confusion, mix-up; incursion; miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation; distortion; slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis; offside; oversight, lapse; omission, skip; blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo; ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up; stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility; revoke, renege
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Derivationally related form faulty → fault
Hyponym nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Hypernym blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain; confusion, mix-up; incursion; miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation; distortion; slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis; offside; oversight, lapse; omission, skip; blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo; ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up; stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility; revoke, renege
Derivationally related form mistake → mistake
Derivationally related form err → error
Derivationally related form fault → fault

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