aberrate /abˈə-rāt/

To wander or deviate from the right way

aberrance /-erˈ/ or aberrˈancy noun

aberrˈant adjective

1. Wandering or straying
2. Having characteristics not strictly in accordance with type (botany and zoology)

aberrˈantly adverb

aberrāˈtion /-ər-/ noun

1. A deviation from the usual, normal or right course, direction or behaviour
2. A wandering of the intellect, mental lapse
3. A non-convergence of rays, owing to difference in refrangibility of different colours (chromatic aberration) or to difference of focus of the marginal and central parts of a lens or mirror (spherical aberration)
4. An apparent displacement of a star, owing to the finite ratio of the velocity of light to that of the earth (aberration of light; astronomy)

aberraˈtional adjective

• in the know
• in the lap of luxury
• in the lap of the gods
• in the last analysis
• in the last resort
• in the light of
• in the long run
• in the loop
• in the lump
• in the main
• in the majority
• in the making
• in the manner
• in the market for
• in the mass
• in the mean
• in the melting-pot
• in the middle of
• in the middle of nowhere
• in the money
• in the name of
• in the nature of
• in the neighbourhood of
• in the nick of time
• in the offing