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misintention

noun

Etymology

From mis- + intention. Compare misintend.

  1. derived from intentio
  2. derived from entencion
  3. inherited from entencioun
  4. prefixed as misintention — “mis + intention”

Definitions

  1. A wrong intention.

    • If the person under consideration suffers error in the matter of his volitional activities he may be said to have misintcnded when his act of will turns out to be ill-advised. The act is called a misintention.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA