MISFEASANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("misfeasance" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Credits