ˌabəˈrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin aberrat us (past participle of aberrare ) + English -ion
1. : act of wandering away or of going astray : deviation from truth or a moral standard, from the natural state, or from a normal type
aberrations of character
aberrations of structure
2. : failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image
3. : unsoundness of the mind ; especially : unsoundness insufficient to constitute insanity
4. : a small periodic change of apparent position in the stars and other heavenly bodies due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer
5. : an aberrant organ or individual : sport 6