misallegation

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noun

An erroneous statement or allegation.

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Meanings

nounmisallegation (countable and uncountable, plural misallegations)

plural misallegations

  1. countableuncountableAn erroneous statement or allegation.

    […] contrary to their misallegation of Dr. Whitakers, he plainly tells them, Episcopacy is so proper a remedy for this evil, that, unless the Bishop have a peerless power, there will be as many Schisms as Priests […]

    1641, Joseph Hall, A Defence of the Humble Remonstance against the frivolous and false exceptions of Smectymnuus

Origin

From mis- + allegation.

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APA

misallegation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misallegation

MLA

“misallegation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misallegation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misallegation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misallegation.

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