Misstatement

(n.) An incorrect statement.

Thesaurus Entries

abstractionism, bloomer, blooper, blunder, clerical error, coloring, confabulation, corrigendum, deformation, distortion, equivocation, erratum, error, exaggeration, expressionism, fabrication, failure, false coloring, false swearing, falsehood, falsification, falsifying, fault, faute, faux pas, gaffe, garbling, howler, human error, hyperbole, inaccuracy, injustice, lapsus linguae, lie, litotes, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage, miscitation, miscoloring, misconception, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal, misdrawing, misidentification, misinterpretation, misjudgment, mispainting, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreport, misrepresentation, miss, mistake, misteaching, misunderstanding, misuse, nonrealism, overdrawing, overstatement, perjury, perversion, prevarication, slanting, solecism, straining, twisting, typo, typographical error, understatement, untruth