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.

  2. Tom has been cleared of wrongdoing.

  3. All of the defendants denied any wrongdoing.

  4. Tom and Mary both denied any wrongdoing.

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

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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