MISSTEP

n. 1 false step, blunder, mistake, error, bad or wrong or false move, trip, stumble, slip One misstep meant a fall into the abyss 2 indiscretion, mistake, lapse, faux pas, oversight, error, gaffe, Colloq slip-up, Slang howler, Brit bloomer, US and Canadian blooper, goof Her misstep was telling her fiancé's mother that she had formerly been an artist's model