misprision

1 of 2

noun (1)

mis·pri·sion (ˌ)mis-ˈpri-zhən How to pronounce misprision (audio)

: neglect or wrong performance of official duty

: concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony

: seditious conduct against the government or the courts

: misunderstanding, misinterpretation

misprision

2 of 2

noun (2)

: contempt, scorn

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All but one of the following words traces back to Latin prehendere, meaning "to seize." Which word doesn't belong?

apprehend - comprehend - misprision - misprize - prison - surprise

It's easy to see the prehendere connection in apprehend and comprehend, whereas you may be surprised that surprise is from prehendere (via Anglo-French susprendre, meaning "to capture" or "to take by surprise"). Prison, too, is from prehendere by way of Anglo-French. And misprision comes to us by way of Anglo-French mesprisun ("error, wrongdoing"), from mesprendre ("to take by mistake"), itself from prehendere. The only word that's out of place is misprize, meaning "to despise" or "to undervalue." It's ultimately from Latin pretium, meaning "value," but—in a trick move that perhaps only English could pull off—misprize has also given us a related noun meaning "contempt, scorn," in the form of an etymologically distinct misprision.

Legal Definition

misprision

noun

mis·pri·sion mis-ˈpri-zhən How to pronounce misprision (audio)

: neglectful or wrongful performance of an official duty

: a clerical error in a legal proceeding that can be corrected in a summary proceeding

: the concealment of a treason or felony and failure to report it to the prosecuting authorities by a person who has not committed it

misprision of felony

misprision of treason

misprision

noun

as in contempt

open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect his intense misprision for films that rely on CGI instead of live action is well known

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

contempt
disdain
hatred
malice
disgust
contemptuousness
hate
distaste
hatefulness
despisement
jealousy
scorn
hostility
despitefulness
despite
malevolence
lovelessness
malignity
resentment
abhorrence
spite
maliciousness
revulsion
meanness
malignancy
repugnance
abomination
disparagement
loathing
grudge
odium
invidiousness
enmity
detestation
antagonism
repulsion
depreciation
vindictiveness
spitefulness
animosity
virulence
condemnation
detraction
abuse
execration
jaundice
ridicule
pique
diminishment
antipathy
vituperation
aspersion
censure
bitterness
bile
belittlement
denunciation
horror
invective
mockery
derision
deprecation
aversion
gall
spleen
rancor
venom
vitriol
cattiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

admiration
regard
favor
respect
esteem
estimation
idolatry
acceptance
tolerance
deference
reverence
glorification
adoration
love
worship
fondness
deification
adulation
affection
veneration
idolization
lionization
liking
fancy

as in negligence

the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action an elected official charged with misprision and bribery

Synonyms & Similar Words

negligence
neglect
failure
nonfeasance
oversight
default
delinquency
dereliction
inadvertence
carelessness
inadvertency
laxity
heedlessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

compliance
fulfillment
discharge
fulfilment

单词	misprision
释义	misprision 1 of 2 noun (1) mis·pri·sion (ˌ)mis-ˈpri-zhən 1 a : neglect or wrong performance of official duty b : concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony c : seditious conduct against the government or the courts 2 : misunderstanding, misinterpretation misprision 2 of 2 noun (2) : contempt, scorn Did you know? All but one of the following words traces back to Latin prehendere, meaning "to seize." Which word doesn't belong? apprehend - comprehend - misprision - misprize - prison - surprise It's easy to see the prehendere connection in apprehend and comprehend, whereas you may be surprised that surprise is from prehendere (via Anglo-French susprendre, meaning "to capture" or "to take by surprise"). Prison, too, is from prehendere by way of Anglo-French. And misprision comes to us by way of Anglo-French mesprisun ("error, wrongdoing"), from mesprendre ("to take by mistake"), itself from prehendere. The only word that's out of place is misprize, meaning "to despise" or "to undervalue." It's ultimately from Latin pretium, meaning "value," but—in a trick move that perhaps only English could pull off—misprize has also given us a related noun meaning "contempt, scorn," in the form of an etymologically distinct misprision. Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English, from Anglo-French mesprisun error, wrongdoing, from mesprendre to take by mistake, from mes- mis- + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize — more at get Noun (2) misprize First Known Use Noun (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun (2) 1592, in the meaning defined above Legal Definition misprision noun mis·pri·sion mis-ˈpri-zhən 1 : neglectful or wrongful performance of an official duty 2 : a clerical error in a legal proceeding that can be corrected in a summary proceeding 3 : the concealment of a treason or felony and failure to report it to the prosecuting authorities by a person who has not committed it misprision of felony misprision of treason History and Etymology for misprision Anglo-French, error, wrongdoing, from Old French, from mesprendre to make a mistake, from mes- wrongly + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize misprision noun 1 as in contempt open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect his intense misprision for films that rely on CGI instead of live action is well known Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance contempt disdain hatred malice disgust contemptuousness hate distaste hatefulness despisement jealousy scorn hostility despitefulness despite malevolence lovelessness malignity resentment abhorrence spite maliciousness revulsion meanness malignancy repugnance abomination disparagement loathing grudge odium invidiousness enmity detestation antagonism repulsion depreciation vindictiveness spitefulness animosity virulence condemnation detraction abuse execration jaundice ridicule pique diminishment antipathy vituperation aspersion censure bitterness bile belittlement denunciation horror invective mockery derision deprecation aversion gall spleen rancor venom vitriol cattiness Antonyms & Near Antonyms admiration regard favor respect esteem estimation idolatry acceptance tolerance deference reverence glorification adoration love worship fondness deification adulation affection veneration idolization lionization liking fancy See More 2 as in negligence the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action an elected official charged with misprision and bribery Synonyms & Similar Words negligence neglect failure nonfeasance oversight default delinquency dereliction inadvertence carelessness inadvertency laxity heedlessness Antonyms & Near Antonyms compliance fulfillment discharge fulfilment
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