mishold

Meanings

Verb

To hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect.

Noun

A wrong, bad, or faulty hold.

Origin

From Middle English misholden, from Old English mishealdan ("not to keep, to neglect, be careless"), equivalent to mis- + hold.

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