Synonyms and related words :
abuse of terms, catachresis, contorting, distortion, eisegesis, error, garbling, gloss, malentendu, malobservation, misapplication, misapprehension, miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misquotation, misreading, mistranslation, misunderstanding, misuse of words, perversion, squeezing, torturing, twisting, wrenching