misprision
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman mesprison, mesprisioun et al., from mespris + -ion.
Pronunciation
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Noun
misprision (countable and uncountable, plural misprisions)
- (law) Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties.
- (law) The failure to give information about a crime that one knows to be taking place.
- misprision of a felony, of heresy, or of treason
- Misinterpretation or misunderstanding.
- 1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III - 2
- What hast thou done? thou hast mistaken quite
- And laid the love-juice on some true-love's sight:
- Of thy misprision must perforce ensue
- Some true love turn'd and not a false turn'd true.
- 1984, Martin Amis, Money, Vintage 2005, p. 331:
- they have what men call self-belief and blame you for your misprisions in their dreams, they are conspiracy theorists, benevolent dictators […]
- 1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III - 2
Usage notes
Negative misprision is misprision by neglect of duty, notably a duty to report information about a felony or treason. Positive misprision is maladministration or the commission of other serious offence falling short of actual felony or treason.
Translations
misinterpretation or misunderstanding
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