straying

English

Verb

straying

1. present participle of stray

Noun

straying (plural strayings)

1. The act of one who strays; deviation or sin - often sexual infidelity.
   • 2002, Adena Tanenbaum, The Contemplative Soul:

     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 […]

Anagrams

• stingray