Misprision

Quick meaning: Misprision is a noun meaning Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.

Meaning

Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.

More Meanings

1. Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
2. Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
3. Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
4. Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
5. In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.

Example Sentences

misprision of heresy

A Feuer in your blood vvhy then inciſion VVould let her out in Savvcers, ſvveete miſpriſon.^([sic])

What haſt thou done? Thou haſt miſtaken quite, And laid the loue iuice on ſome true loues ſight. Of thy miſpriſion, muſt perforce enſue Some true loue turnd, and not a falſe turnd true.

Mr Borthrop Trumbull really knew nothing about old Featherstone's will; but he could hardly have been bought to declare any ignorance unless he had been arrested for misprision of treason.

Word Forms

• misprisions
• missprision

Synonyms for misprision

Depending on context, synonyms include misprisal, misprizing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misprison, missprision, mispleading, misprisal, misprize, misfeasance.

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