Etymology

miscreance

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Today it means: The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. Full definition →

Middle English myscreaunce ← Old French mescreänce
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  1. Old French · derived frommescreänce
  2. Middle English · inherited frommyscreaunce
  3. English todaymiscreance

From Middle English myscreaunce, miscreaunce, from Old French mescreänce.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.