Wrongdoing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrongdoing \Wrong"do`ing\, n.
     Evil or wicked behavior or action.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  wrongdoing
       n 1: departure from what is ethically acceptable [syn: {error}]
       2: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied
          any wrongdoing" [syn: {wrongful conduct}, {misconduct}, {actus
          reus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrongdoing":
     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