Wronging and Mistake

noun

• A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
  • usage: "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
  • synonyms: error, fault
• An understanding of something that is not correct.
  • usage: "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding-I don't have a sister"
  • synonyms: misunderstanding, misapprehension
• Part of a statement that is not correct.
  • usage: "the book was full of errors"
  • synonyms: error

verb

• Identify incorrectly.
  • usage: "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
  • synonyms: misidentify
• To make a mistake or be incorrect.
  • synonyms: err, slip

• (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract or for refusing to perform it.
• (v.i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
• (v.t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
• (v.t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
• (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
• (v.t.) To take or choose wrongly.
• (v.t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
• (v.t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

mistake is an error or misunderstanding. A contract is voidable if there is a mistake that is mutual, material, unintentional and free from negligence, such as both parties honestly contracting for a different lot in a subdivision (mistake of fact). Innocent mistakes seldom serve to void a contract. A party cannot claim "mistake" to get out of a contract on the basis that he or she did not read the contract he or she signed and was therefore mistaken as to its material terms; neither ignorance nor poor judgment is a mistake of fact. Nor can a party claim mistake in not knowing the legal consequences upon signing the contract (mistake of law). When there is an ambiguity known by one party who fails to explain the mistake to the innocent party, the innocent party's interpretation generally will prevail.