1. Neglect in performing the duties of public office.

2. Law The criminal offense of concealing, or neglecting to report or prevent, a felony or act of treason one had knowledge of but did not participate in: misprision of a felony; misprision of treason.

3. Seditious conduct.

a. Misunderstanding or misinterpretation: "to show that everything once viewed as truth and light is no more than shadow and misprision" (Edward Rothstein).

b. A misreading or misinterpretation of a text, especially as a means of distinguishing oneself from a literary predecessor.