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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
misprision1 /mɪsˈprɪʒ(ə)n/ (also misprision of treason or felony)

▶noun Law, chiefly historical the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a crime.

– origin ME: from OFr. mesprision ‘error’, from mesprendre, from mes- ‘wrongly’ + prendre ‘to take’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
misprision2 /mɪsˈprɪʒ(ə)n/

▶noun rare erroneous judgement.

– origin C16: from misprize, influenced by misprision1.

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