misdoing en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) Wrongdoing.
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(in-plural) An act of wrongdoing; a misdeed.
She questioned her husband concerning the convict's misdoings […].
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 411:Anti-Corn-Law League asks not, Do something; but, Cease your destructive misdoing, Do ye nothing!
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VIII, ’’Unworking Aristocracy’’”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misdoings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
peccability · sin · misdoing · obliquity · vitiation · veniality · wickedness · perversion · depravedness · peccadillo · depravation · malfeasance · corruption · transgression · sin · depravity · misdemeanor · misguilt · malignity · wrong · misdoing · tortfeasance · degradation · crime · baseness · tort · delinquency · degeneracy · transgression · villainy · error · defilement · sinfulness · wickedness · misdemeanor · impurity · wrongdoing · pravity · iniquity · degeneracy · lewdity · pollution · delict · turpitude · baseness · misdeed · wrongdoing · wrong · offense