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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Misdirection

· Mis·di·rec·tion · IPA
01 n. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
  1. 1.
    The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
  2. 2.
    An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.(Law)
  3. 3.
    The direction of another's attention to an unimportant place or matter, for the purpose of being able to perform an action undetected; as, misdirection is an important part of a magician's art.