"misdirection" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: misdirections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: mis- + direction Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|direction}} mis- + direction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misdirection (countable and uncountable, plural misdirections)
  1. An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-misdirection-en-noun-meJkt4Qt
  2. (UK, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-misdirection-en-noun-6y1Uwgwg Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 22 78 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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