Misprision Definition
mĭs-prĭzhən
noun
A mistake, now esp. one due to misreading, either deliberate or unintended, or to misunderstanding.
Webster's New World
The criminal offense of concealing, or neglecting to report or prevent, a felony or act of treason one had knowledge of but did not participate in.
Misprision of a felony; misprision of treason.
American Heritage
Misconduct or neglect of duty, esp. by a public official.
Webster's New World
Seditious conduct.
American Heritage
Scorn; contempt.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Misprision
Noun
Singular:
misprision
Plural:
misprisionsOrigin of Misprision
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Middle English illegal act on the part of a public official from Anglo-Norman mistake, misdeed variant of Old French mesprison from mespris past participle of mesprendre to make a mistake mes- wrongly mis–1 prendre to take, seize (from Latin prehendere, prēndere ghend- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman mesprison, mesprisioun et al., from mespris + -ion.
From Wiktionary
mispris(e) (variant of misprize) –ion
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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