MISUNDERSTANDING

n. 1 misconception, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misapprehension, misreading, misjudgement, miscalculation, wrong idea, wrong or false impression, mistaking, Technical parasynesis Misunderstanding of the law is no excuse for flouting it 2 disagreement, discord, dispute, argument, difference, dissension, controversy, quarrel, rift, Colloq falling out We had a slight misunderstanding about who was to pay the restaurant bill