misprision

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “[I]f any persone were perceiued to be absent, or were sene to laughe at the folye of the emperour [Nero], he was forthe with accused, as it were, of missprision: whereby the emperour founde occasion to committe him to prison or to put hym to tortures.”

2. isim 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.

   “misprision of heresy”

3. isim Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.

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

4. isim Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this.
5. isim Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.

   “Heere, take her hand, / Proud ſcornful boy, vnworthie this good gift, / That doſt in vile miſpriſion ſhackle vp / My loue, and her deſert: […]”

6. isim Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.