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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misunderstanding \Mis*un`der*stand"ing\, n.
     1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
        "Misunderstandings among friends." --Swift.


        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misunderstand \Mis*un`der*stand"\
     (m[i^]s*[u^]n`d[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Misunderstood} (m[i^]s*[u^]n`d[~e]r*st[oo^]d"); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Misunderstanding}.]
     To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a
     wrong sense.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misunderstanding
       n 1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation
            of the question caused his error"; "there was no
            mistaking her meaning" [syn: {misinterpretation}, {mistaking}]
       2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he
          wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about
          his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I
          don't have a sister" [syn: {mistake}, {misapprehension}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "misunderstanding":
     abuse of terms, agreement to disagree, argument, catachresis,
     clerical error, contorting, controversy, corrigendum,
     cross-purposes, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty,
     disagreement, discord, disparity, dispute, dissension, distortion,
     dividedness, division, eisegesis, erratum, error, failure, fault,
     faute, garbling, gloss, human error, malentendu, malobservation,
     misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage,
     miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal,
     misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misidentification,
     misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misplay, misprint,
     misquotation, misreading, misrendering, misreport, miss,
     misstatement, mistake, mistaking, mistranslation, misuse,
     misuse of words, odds, perversion, polarization, quarrel, rift,
     squeezing, torturing, twisting, typo, typographical error,
     variance, wrenching, wrong impression
  
  

















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