misapprehension
nounA mistaken understanding of a situation or statement.
Mistaken understanding
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Clear all filtersA mistaken understanding of a situation or statement.
Mistaken understanding
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An incorrect belief or understanding.
Incorrect belief
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To interpret something incorrectly.
Excessively unwilling to spend or share money or resources.
To understand or explain the meaning of something incorrectly.
To read something incorrectly or form a mistaken understanding of a situation.
A false or misleading account of facts, views, or events.
A book containing texts and instructions for the celebration of Mass.
A book containing texts and instructions for the celebration of Mass
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To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.
One word family: also includes mitigation.
Make less severe
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To make or become less intense, extreme, or severe.
Reduce intensity
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Restraint that avoids excess or extremes.
A small amount of something desirable.
To calm anger or soften someone's attitude.
Relating to money or its use and supply.
An informal name or nickname.
Speech or sound that remains at one pitch with little variation.
The confidence, enthusiasm, and sense of purpose of a person or group.
Preoccupied with judging conduct by moral rules, often in a self-righteous or overbearing way.
Overly judgmental about morals
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Near death or close to ceasing activity or existence.
Sullen and gloomy in mood.
Informal: courage, determination, and resourcefulness.
Having several different aspects or features.
A large number or varied collection of something.
A very large number of things or a large gathering of people.
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