Thesaurus: mistake

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1. v. t. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
2. v. t. To take or choose wrongly.
3. v. t. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
4. v. t. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
5. v. t. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
6. v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
7. n. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
8. n. Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
9. n. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
10. n. an understanding of something that is not correct
11. n. part of a statement that is not correct
12. v. identify incorrectly