About The Word Nonfeasance

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Nonfeasance

Nonfeasance Meaning & Definition
Nonfeasance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nonfeasance?

[n] a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nonfeasance:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nonfeasance: atrocity | bad policy | breach | crime | crime against humanity | culpa | culpable negligence | deadly sin | default | delinquency | dereliction | disconformity | disregard | endless task | enormity | error | evil | failure | fault | felony | genocide | guilty act | heavy sin | impolicy | impropriety | inadvertence | inadvertency | inattention | indiscretion | inexecution | inexpedience | inexpediency | inexpiable sin | iniquity | injury | injustice | inobservance | laches | laissez-faire | lapse | laxity | laxness | loose ends | looseness | maladministration | malefaction | malfeasance | malpractice | malum | minor wrong | misadministration | misconduct | misdeed | misdemeanor | misdirection | misfeasance | misgovernment | misguidance | mishandling | mismanagement | misrule | mortal sin | neglect | neglectfulness | negligence | nonaccomplishment | nonachievement | nonadherence | noncompliance | nonconformance | nonconformity | nonconsummation | nondischarging | nonexecution | nonfulfillment | noninterference | nonobservance | nonperformance | nonrestriction | offense | omission | outrage | overlooking | oversight | peccadillo | peccancy | permissiveness | poor stewardship | procrastination | remissness | rough edges | sin | sin of commission | sin of omission | sinful act | Sisyphean labor | slackness | slight | slip | tort | transgression | trespass | trip | unfulfillment | unobservance | unrigorousness | unutterable sin | venial sin | work of Penelope | wrong | wrongdoing

See Also | dereliction

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