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Word: Misprision
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French mesprision ‘error’, from mesprendre, from mes- ‘wrongly’ + prendre ‘to take’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌmɪsˈprɪʒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony.
Short Definition:deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of treasonable act
Variant Forms:
- misprision of treason
- misprision of felony
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