a departure from rational thought or behavior. It means basically to err, to make mistakes, or more specifically to havefixed ideas which are not true. The word, used in its scientific sense, also means departure from a straightline. If a line should go from A to B, then if it is "aberrated" it would go from A to some other point, to some other point, to some other point, to some other point, to some other point and finally arrive at B. Taken in its scientific sense, it would also mean the lack of straightness or to see crookedly as, in example, a man sees a horse but thinks he sees an elephant. Aberrated conduct would b e wrong conduct, or conduct not supported by reason. Aberration is opposed to sanity, which would be its opposite. From the Latin, aberrare, to wander from; Latin, ab, away, errare, to wander. —Games Congress Gls (Approved 13.8.92)