Mispersuasion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A false persuasion; a wrong notion or opinion.

    "My secrets ſins O Lord, are innumerable; ſins I noted not, ſins that I willingly neglected, ſins that I acted upon wilfull ignorance and voluntary miſperſuaſion"

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"My secrets ſins O Lord, are innumerable; ſins I noted not, ſins that I willingly neglected, ſins that I acted upon wilfull ignorance and voluntary miſperſuaſion"

Etymology

From mis- + persuasion.

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