Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Violation of standards of behavior.

    A Chinese proverb goes, "He who commits wrongdoing repeatedly will come to no good end."

    Fehlverhalten

    правонаруше́ниеpravonarušénije

  2. (countable, usually)An instance of doing wrong.

    просту́покprostúpok

More definitions
  • activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  • departure from what is ethically acceptable

Examples

46 sentences
  1. Tom hasn't been accused of wrongdoing.

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  2. Tom has been cleared of wrongdoing.

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  3. All of the defendants denied any wrongdoing.

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  4. Tom and Mary both denied any wrongdoing.

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  5. Tom hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing yet.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
violation of standards:
instance of doing wrong:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
violation of standards:

Origin

From Middle English wrong doyng, wrong doynge, wrong doinge, equivalent to wrong + doing.

From Middle English wrong doyng, wrong doynge, wrong doinge, equivalent to wrong + doing.

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Forms

plural: wrongdoings

Synonyms

43 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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