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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

nonaccomplishment, nonachievement go
an act that does not achieve its intended goal

mistake, error, fault
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

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blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain go
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
confusion, mix-up go
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
incursion go
the mistake of incurring liability or blame
miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation go
a mistake in calculating
distortion go
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis go
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
offside go
(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
lapse, oversight go
a mistake resulting from inattention
omission, skip go
a mistake resulting from neglect
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo go
an embarrassing mistake
ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up go
something badly botched or muddled
folly, stupidity, betise, foolishness, imbecility go
a stupid mistake
revoke, renege go
the mistake of not following suit when able to do so