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Definition of mistake : 1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
2. Misconception, error, which when non- negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
3. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
5. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
6. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
7. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
8. To take or choose wrongly.

Synonyms:

slew, drop off, slip one's mind, understand, splay, drift, illusion, knowledge, erroneousness, computer error, miscue, misstep, lapse, stray, exaggeration, break, bewilderment, fracture, skid, err, misapprehension, confound, trip, drop away, delusion, luxate, wrongdoing, impression, mistaking, sneak, steal, misdoubt, misidentify, slue, shift, misconceive, fall away, certainty, misapplication, mix up, misplay, dislocate, correct, erratum, demerit, perplexity, stumble, misapprehend, erroneous belief, geological fault, slip up, misstatement, slide, trip up, faulting

falsehood, miscalculation, misconstruction, defect, gaffe, typo, misjudgment, distortion, blunder, misconception, slip, error, fault, aberration, fallacy, misprint, misestimation, oversight, inaccuracy, flaw

misinterpret, deform, misrepresent, misquote, misread, misunderstand, distort, garble, twist

muddle, fluster, obscure, perplex, confuse, misconstrue, cloud, baffle

misquotation, confusion, misunderstanding, misreading, misrepresentation, travesty, deformation, misinterpretation, twisting

faultiness, badness, perversion, illegality, incorrectness, untruth, fallaciousness, falsity, wrongness

misestimate, overestimate, underestimate, misjudge, miscalculate

Usage examples:

• I wish I could believe there was a mistake. - "Won from the Waves", W.H.G. Kingston.
• I did, Gerald, quite soon after we first came, and she said, though it was in a way a mistake, she didn't see any real harm in it. - "Aurora the Magnificent", Gertrude Hall.
• That was a mistake- and I won't let it happen again. - "The Harbor", Ernest Poole.