misprision
Hiding criminal knowledge
Misprision is the concealment of knowledge of a crime, especially treason or felony, without participating in it.
A person who knows of a serious crime and fails to report it to authorities commits misprision: misprision of treason, misprision of felony.
In broader use, misprision means misunderstanding or contempt—a deliberate misreading or undervaluing of something: a misprision of the poet's intentions.
Serious criminal offense
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- accompliceCrime's willing helper
nonfeasance · malfeasance · dereliction · obstruction · accessory · criminal · collusion · compounding
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- disrespectLack of regard
contumely · sneering · mockery · belittlement · deprecation · haughtiness · superciliousness · condescension
Inciting revolt against government
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- subversionUndermining established authority
conspiracy · disloyalty · insurrection · rebellion · defection · traitor · informant · collusion
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
heedlessness · inadvertence · laxity · remissness · dereliction · irresponsibility · unmindfulness · slackness
Incorrect interpretation of text
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- misconstructionIncorrect understanding of meaning
- errorFault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
misconception · misapprehension · confusion · misperception · misjudgment
felony
Serious criminal offense
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
accomplice · nonfeasance · malfeasance · dereliction · obstruction · accessory · criminal · collusion · compounding · withholding
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
disrespect · contumely · sneering · mockery · belittlement · deprecation · haughtiness · superciliousness · condescension · arrogance
sedition
Inciting revolt against government
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
subversion · conspiracy · disloyalty · insurrection · rebellion · defection · traitor · informant · collusion · sabotage
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
carelessness · heedlessness · inadvertence · laxity · remissness · dereliction · irresponsibility · unmindfulness · slackness
misreading
Incorrect interpretation of text
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- misconstructionIncorrect understanding of meaning
- errorFault in communication
mistake · misconception · misapprehension · confusion · misperception · misjudgment
misprisiondisclosure
Act of revealing information
reporting · compliance · fulfillment · discharge · cooperation
misprisionesteem
Favorable opinion of worth
respect · admiration · reverence · veneration · regard
misprisioncomprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
apprehension · discernment · perspicacity · insight · clarity
commission, dismissal, comprehend, omission, dismissed, apprehend, remission, dismisses, reprehend