noun (n)

• an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• incorrect directions or instructions(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• management that is careless or inefficient(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  mismanagement
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something(noun.act)

  Example:
  Conjurers are experts at misdirection.
  

  Synonym:
  distraction
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.(noun)

  source: webster1913