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| blame |
to place responsibility on for a mistake or fault. [1/5 definitions] |
| blunder |
a careless or thoughtless mistake. [2/5 definitions] |
| bobble |
a clumsily executed movement or fumble, as in sports, or any such inept mistake. [1/2 definitions] |
| clean |
performed or made without difficulty or mistake. [1/12 definitions] |
| correct |
without mistake or error. [1/5 definitions] |
| culpable |
guilty of a mistake or fault; blameworthy. |
| culprit |
someone who is charged with or guilty of a mistake, fault, or crime. [1/2 definitions] |
| eat humble pie |
to be humbled, esp. by having to apologize for one's own obvious mistake or misbehavior. |
| err |
to make a mistake. [1/3 definitions] |
| error |
a mistake in judgment or action. [1/5 definitions] |
| escape |
to slip out from by mistake, as a remark or comment. [1/11 definitions] |
| fault |
a mistake; error. [3/7 definitions] |
| Freudian slip |
a mistake in speech that is thought to reveal unconscious motives, wishes, or the like. |
| goof |
(informal) a foolish mistake; blunder. [2/4 definitions] |
| howler |
(informal) a big mistake or blunder. [1/3 definitions] |
| infinitive |
in grammar, the form of a verb that is unmarked for person, tense, or aspect, and that functions as a noun, adjective, or complement, such as "to leave" in "To leave now would be a mistake". [1/2 definitions] |
| miscue |
any mistake or blunder. [3/6 definitions] |
| misplay |
in sports, a mistake or illegal move during play. [2 definitions] |
| misprint |
a mistake in printing. [1/2 definitions] |
| misstep |
a mistake in conduct. [1/2 definitions] |
| mistook |
past tense of mistake. |
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