Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Misdirection has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
incorrect directions or instructions
management that is careless or inefficient
"he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
"conjurers are experts at misdirection"
An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.