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wrongdoing
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wrongdoing
n.
evil act; transgression; sin; bad actions
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Wrongdoing
A wrong (from Old English wrang – crooked) is an act that is illegal or immoral. Legal wrongs are usually quite clearly defined in law of each state or jurisdiction. They can be divided into civil wrongs and crimes (or criminal offences) in common law countries, while civil law countries tend to have some additional categories, such as contraventions.
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wrongdoing
Noun
1. departure from what is ethically acceptable
(synonym) error
(hypernym) evil, evilness
2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"
(synonym) wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) brutalization, brutalisation
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Wrongdoing
(n.)
Evil or wicked behavior or action.
Evil or wicked behavior or action.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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wrongdoing
Synonyms and related words:
amorality, backsliding, bad policy, badness, carnality, crime, criminality, delict, delinquency, diablerie, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness, evil, evil nature, felony, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism, horseplay, illegality, immorality, impolicy, impropriety, impurity, inexpedience, inexpediency, iniquity, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadministration, misbehavior, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdirection, misdoing, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, moral delinquency, naughtiness, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, nonsanctioned behavior, offense, omission, peccability, prodigality, recidivism, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, sin, tort, unangelicalness, unchastity, uncleanness, ungodliness, ungoodness, unmorality, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, unvirtuousness, vandalism, venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wantonness, waywardness, wrong
amorality, backsliding, bad policy, badness, carnality, crime, criminality, delict, delinquency, diablerie, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness, evil, evil nature, felony, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism, horseplay, illegality, immorality, impolicy, impropriety, impurity, inexpedience, inexpediency, iniquity, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadministration, misbehavior, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdirection, misdoing, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, moral delinquency, naughtiness, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, nonsanctioned behavior, offense, omission, peccability, prodigality, recidivism, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, sin, tort, unangelicalness, unchastity, uncleanness, ungodliness, ungoodness, unmorality, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, unvirtuousness, vandalism, venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wantonness, waywardness, wrong
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