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1
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
- his intense misprision for films that rely on CGI instead of live action is well known
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2
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
- an elected official charged with misprision and bribery
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- compliance,
- discharge,
- fulfillment
- (or fulfilment)
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