aberrance
nounUS /ˈæ.bɛɹ.n̩s/
Etymology From aberr (“to stray”), from Latin aberrō (“to wander from the way”) + -ance.
1
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
- Like Miller, George Lionel married briefly and unsuccessfully, and during the McCarthy era was blacklisted for political aberrance.1980 August 16, Duncan Mitchel, “Memoirs of a Survivor”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 14: