nonfeasance
nonfeasance · nonfeasances
The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirementThe intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement.
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
(countable, uncountable)The lack of liability associated with the failure to act.
Origin
From non- + feasance.From non- + feasance.
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Forms
plural: nonfeasances| Singular | nonfeasance |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmisfeasance
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable