Stray from the morally higher responsibility (3)

I believe the answer is:

err

'stray' is the definition.
(to err is to stray or go wrong)

'from the morally higher responsibility' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates a hidden word.
'ERR' is hidden in the letters of 'morally higher responsibility'.

(Other definitions for err that I've seen before include "Go astray" , "'to... is human,to forgive divine'" , "Be inaccurate" , "Be incorrect" , "Drop a clanger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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