aberrancyn.
/əˈbɛrənsi/, /əˈbɛrn̩si/, U.S. /ˈæbərənsi/, /əˈbɛrənsi/ A diversion or departure from a recognized course, standard, or norm; an aberration. Also: the quality or condition of being aberrant; deviation, abnormality.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun]
prevaricationc1384
obliquity?c1425
prolapsion1581
obliqueness1611
deviation1625
aberrancy1646
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > turning aside from a course of action
divagation1560
swaya1586
deviation1603
deflection1605
recess1605
recession1614
exit1615
non-residence1615
exorbitancy1623
exorbitancea1628
exorbitationa1628
aberrancy1646
aberrance1661
variationa1662
departurea1694
resilience1838
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 9 Thus they commonly affect no man any farther then hee deserts his reason, or complies with their aberrancies . View more context for this quotation
1675 G. Harvey Dis. of London iv. 33 Depravated, and Occasioned to an Aberrancy by other causes.
1684 J. Walker Antidote 150 It may come to our turn to need mens Charity and Mercy, to pass by and hide our Aberrancies and Transgressions.
1836 Knickerbocker Apr. 400 But to return from my aberrancy to the subject in hand.
1863 Macmillan's Mag. May 63/2 What is that monstrous shape of many-headed absurdity, or what that grotesque misconception of insane aberrancy?
1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 173 She was crazed, we knew, and we Humoured her aberrancy.
1938 Times 2 June 6/7 He had his aberrancies of taste.
1999 M. P. Mattson Genetic Aberrancies & Neurodegenerative Disorders Pref. p. xi The cellular and biochemical mechanisms whereby the genetic aberrancies lead to neuronal dysfunction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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