Associations to the word «Misdirection»

Wiktionary

MISDIRECTION, noun. An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
MISDIRECTION, noun. (UK) (legal) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court

Dictionary definition

MISDIRECTION, noun. An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge.
MISDIRECTION, noun. Incorrect directions or instructions.
MISDIRECTION, noun. Management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies".
MISDIRECTION, noun. The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats