Synonyms and related words :
abuse of terms, catachresis, contorting, distortion, eisegesis, error, error in judgment, garbling, gloss, injudiciousness, malentendu, malobservation, misapplication, misappreciation, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscitation, miscomputation, misconception, misconjecture, misconstruction, misestimation, misevaluation, misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misquotation, misrendering, mistranslation, misunderstanding, misuse of words, misvaluation, perversion, poor judgment, skewed judgment, squeezing, torturing, twisting, wrenching, wrong construction, wrong impression