misprision

Meanings

Noun

Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
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.
Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English misprision, mesprision (“criminal offence or illegal action, especially one committed by a public official”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman misprision, mesprision, mesprison (“criminal offence or illegal action; error, mistake, specifically an error by a court”) [and other forms] (whence Late Latin mesprisio, misprisio), and Old French mesprison, from mespris (“contempt, disdain”) (modern French mépris) + -ion (suffix indicating a condition or state). Mespris is the past participle of mesprendre (“to misunderstand”), from mes- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) + prendre (“to take”) (from Latin prēndere, the present active infinitive of prēndō, a variant of prehendō (“to seize, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to seize, take; to hold”)).

Synonyms

misprisal, misprizement, misprizing

Scrabble Score: 14

misprision is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
misprision is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
misprision is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

misprision is a valid Words With Friends word