/ ˌæbəˈreɪʃn; NAmE / noun
[ C , U ] ( formal ) a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from Latin aberratio(n-) , from aberrare to stray, from ab- away, from + errare to stray.