Associations to the word «Misprision»

Wiktionary

MISPRISION, noun. (legal) Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties.
MISPRISION, noun. Misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope