Associations to the word «Misdirection»

Wiktionary

MISDIRECTION, noun. An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
MISDIRECTION, noun. (UK) (legal) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court

Dictionary definition

MISDIRECTION, noun. An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge.
MISDIRECTION, noun. Incorrect directions or instructions.
MISDIRECTION, noun. Management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies".
MISDIRECTION, noun. The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin