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mis·pri·sion
I. \mə̇ˈsprizhən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French mesprison error, wrongdoing, from Old French, from mespris, past participle of mesprendre to make a mistake, do wrong, from mes- mis- (I) + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize, grasp — more at get
1.
a. : neglect or wrong performance of official duty : misconduct or maladministration by a public official : misdemeanor
b. : a clerical error in a legal proceeding that can be corrected in a summary manner as distinguished from judicial error for the correction of which formal appellate or other procedure is required
c. : the active or passive concealment of treason or felony from the prosecuting authorities by one not guilty of those crimes
< misprision of treason >
< misprision of felony >
d. : a contempt against the government, the sovereign, or the courts (as lese majesty or disloyal or seditious conduct)
2. : a misunderstanding in which one thing is taken for another : mistake
< more than misprision of the fact — Robert Browning >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: misprise (I) + -ion (as in misprision) (I)
: contempt, scorn : depreciation, disparagement
< expressed his evident misprision of realism and other modern modes of literature — J.P.Bishop >
< with a refined misprision of her country … lived in exile — Ellery Sedgwick > |