straying

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of stray

noun

  1. The act of one who strays; deviation or sin - often sexual infidelity.
    The soul is described as a dove who once nested in God's protective shade, and her strayings from the straight and narrow are portrayed as a descent into the defiling world of corporeality[…] 2002, Adena Tanenbaum, The Contemplative Soul

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