Aberration

Definition of aberration:

part of speech: noun

A wandering; deviation from.

part of speech: noun

A wandering from the right path: deviation from truth or rectitude.

Usage examples for aberration:

• It also most frequently happens, in such instances, that the extreme aberration is of more common occurrence than the intermediate ones. "On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera", Thomas Vernon Wollaston.

• What we see is an aberration due to exhaustion, the morbid fury of a life on the point of extinction. "The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles", Jean Henri Fabre.