What is the meaning of the term "abuse of discretion" in this context?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from New York v. Griepp, 991 F.3d 81 (2nd Cir. 2021):

2 As we have noted before, "abuse of discretion is a nonpejorative term of art; it implies no misconduct on the part of the district court. The term merely describes circumstances in which a district court bases its ruling on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence, or renders a decision that cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions." United States v. Hendricks , 921 F.3d 320, 328 n.37 (2d Cir. 2019) (internal citations, brackets, and quotation marks omitted). In using the term "abuse of discretion" in this opinion, we therefore mean no slight to the able district court in this case.

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