noun
- lack of error; infallibility.
- the belief that the Bible is free from error in matters of science as well as those of faith.Compare creationism(def 3).
adjective
- free from error; infallible.
1650s, in reference to “fixed” stars (as opposed to “wandering” planets), from Latin inerrantem (nominative inerrans) “not wandering,” from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + errans, present participle of errare “to err” (see err).