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What is a misprision?

What is a misprision? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties.
  2. Misinterpretation or misunderstanding.
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That artworks can be erroneously explicated by their producers is self-evident to historians of contemporary art, whose very existence is predicated on such misprision.
And all slander against the king, queen, or their issue, was subjected to the penalty of misprision of treason.
Gentlemen say this offence may amount to treason, misprision of treason, or other offence.
Concealment of a serious crime by one who knows of its commission but was not a party to it is misprision.
Whether the crime to be punished is to amount to treason, misprision of treason, or be only a misdemeanor, is left uncertain.
These pert, bird-like ways formed her shield against ridicule and misprision.

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