straying

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stray

   Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken.

   1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136

plural strayings

1. countableuncountableThe 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