About The Word Misfeasance

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Misfeasance

Misfeasance Meaning & Definition
Misfeasance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Misfeasance?

[n] doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

Synonyms | Synonyms for Misfeasance:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Misfeasance: aberrancy | aberration | abuse | abuse of office | atrocity | bad policy | befoulment | breach | conversion | corrupt administration | crime | crime against humanity | criminal tendency | criminality | criminosis | deadly sin | debasement | defalcation | defectiveness | defilement | delinquency | delusion | dereliction | desecration | deviancy | distortion | diversion | embezzlement | enormity | errancy | erroneousness | error | evil | evil courses | evildoing | failure | fallaciousness | fallacy | falseness | falsity | fault | faultiness | feloniousness | felony | flaw | flawedness | fouling | genocide | guilty act | hamartia | heavy sin | heresy | heterodoxy | illusion | impolicy | impropriety | indiscretion | inexpedience | inexpediency | inexpiable sin | iniquity | injury | injustice | lapse | lawbreaking | maladministration | malefaction | malfeasance | malpractice | malum | malversation | minor wrong | misadministration | misapplication | misappropriation | misconduct | misconstruction | misdeed | misdemeanor | misdirection | misdoing | misemployment | misgovernment | misguidance | mishandling | misinterpretation | misjudgment | mismanagement | misprision | misprision of treason | misrule | misusage | misuse | mortal sin | neglect | negligence | nonfeasance | offense | omission | outrage | peccadillo | peccancy | peculation | perversion | pilfering | pollution | poor stewardship | positive misprision | profanation | prostitution | self-contradiction | sin | sin of commission | sin of omission | sinful act | sinfulness | slip | thou scarlet sin | tort | transgression | trespass | trip | unorthodoxy | untrueness | untruth | untruthfulness | unutterable sin | venial sin | vice | viciousness | violation | wrong | wrong conduct | wrongdoing | wrongness

See Also | actus reus | misconduct | wrongdoing | wrongful conduct

Misfeasance In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*fea"sance\, n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. {Malfeasance}.] (Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. --Bouvier. Wharton.

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