(n.) A wrong application.

aberrancy aberration abuse abuse of office abuse of terms apparent soundness befoulment casuistry catachresis circularity contorting conversion corrupt administration debasement defalcation defectiveness defilement delusion desecration deviancy disingenuousness distortion diversion eisegesis embezzlement equivocalness equivocation errancy erroneousness error evasive reasoning fallaciousness fallacy falseness falsity fault faultiness flaw flawedness fouling garbling gloss hamartia heresy heterodoxy illusion insincerity invalid linking jesuitism jesuitry maladministration malentendu malfeasance malobservation malpractice malversation mesalliance misalliance misapplicability misapprehension misappropriation miscitation misconception misconduct misconnection misconstruction misdoing misemployment misexplanation misexplication misexposition misfeasance mishandling misintelligence misinterpretation misjudgment mismanagement misquotation misreading misreference misrelation misrendering mistranslation misunderstanding misusage misuse misuse of words mystification obfuscation obscurantism oversubtlety peccancy peculation perversion philosophism pilfering plausibility plausibleness pollution poor stewardship profanation prostitution rationalization self-contradiction sin sinfulness sophism sophistical reasoning sophistication sophistry special pleading speciosity specious reasoning speciousness squeezing subtlety torturing twisting unorthodoxy untrueness untruth untruthfulness vicious circle vicious reasoning violation wrenching wrong wrongness