Misprision

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Maladministration of public office.
  • n. Neglect in preventing or reporting a felony or treason by one not an accessory.
  • n. An act of sedition against a government or the courts.
  • n. Contempt; disdain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties.
  • n. Misinterpretation or misunderstanding.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
  • n. Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
  • n. A neglect, negligence, or contempt.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Mistake; error; misunderstanding.
  • n. In law: Criminal neglect in respect to the crime of another: used especially in connection with felonies and treason, to indicate a passive complicity, as by concealment, which falls short of the guilt of a principal or accessory.
  • n. More loosely, any grave offense or misdemeanor having no recognized fixed name, as maladministration in an office of public trust: also termed positive misprision, as distinguished from negative misprision, or mere neglect or concealment.
  • n. An act of undervaluing or disdaining; scorn; contempt.
    • Word Usage
    "If you conceal information, then it becomes what we call misprision of a felony."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    misapprehension    misconception    mistake    neglect    undervaluing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Parisian    circumcision    collision    decision    derision   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    misprison    attainted    questor    monies    tetrodotoxin   
     
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