adjective
- making mistakes or doing wrong; straying from what is correct or proper
Usage: often used in formal or literary contexts
Examples
- The teacher was patient with her erring students.
- He tried to guide his erring son back to the right path.
- The erring employee was given a second chance.
- She showed compassion for erring humanity.
- The judge was lenient with the erring youth.
- His erring ways eventually caught up with him.