Misdirection: alternatives and connections

The act of altering or making different.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as,…

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The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

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Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

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To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

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The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

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Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

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