misprision

An act of undervaluing or disdaining; scorn; contempt.

Mistake; error; misunderstanding.

In law: Criminal neglect in respect to the crime of another: used especially in connection with felonies and treason, to indicate a passive complicity, as by concealment, which falls short of the guilt of a principal or accessory.

More loosely, any grave offense or misdemeanor having no recognized fixed name, as maladministration in an office of public trust: also termed positive misprision, as distinguished from negative misprision, or mere neglect or concealment.

The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.