wrongdoing

See also: wrong-doing

English

Alternative forms

• wrong-doing

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

wrongdoing (usually uncountable, plural wrongdoings)

1. (uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.

   Synonyms: baseness, degeneracy, wickedness; see also Thesaurus:iniquity

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

2. (countable) An instance of doing wrong.

   Synonyms: misdeed, misdoing, sin; see also Thesaurus:misdeed

   • 2020 February 24, “Family and Friends Treasure Falun Dafa Information in the Face of Novel Coronavirus Epidemic”, in Minghui‎:

     I said that some ancient stories suggested that those who were unrighteous or who had committed wrongdoings were more susceptible to plagues or disasters. And sometimes plagues just miraculously disappeared after people realized their wrongdoings and repented.

Related terms

• wrongdo (rare)
• wrongdoer

Translations

violation of standards

Bulgarian: закононарушение (bg) n (zakononarušenie), нарушение (bg) (narušenie) Egyptian: (jwyt f) Finnish: rikkomus (fi), pahanteko French: malfaisance (fr) f German: Fehlverhalten (de) n Greek: παράπτωμα (el) n (paráptoma), αμάρτημα (el) n (amártima) Italian: illecito (it) m, violazione (it) f Ottoman Turkish: ظلم (zulm, zulüm) Polish: naruszenie (pl) n Portuguese: malfeitoria f, transgressão (pt) f Russian: правонаруше́ние (ru) n (pravonarušénije) Spanish: fechoría (es) f, maldad (es) f, ilícito (es) m

instance of doing wrong

Bulgarian: простъпка (bg) f (prostǎpka), провинение (bg) (provinenie), злосторство n (zlostorstvo) Finnish: pahanteko French: malfaisance (fr) f, méfait (fr) Galician: malfeito m, falcatrúa f Greek: αδίκημα (el) n (adíkima) Italian: malefatta (it) f, iniquità (it), ingiustizia (it), malcostume (it) Ottoman Turkish: ظلم (zulm, zulüm) Polish: naruszenie (pl) n Portuguese: malfeitoria f, malfeito (pt) m, maldade (pt) f Russian: просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok) Spanish: maldad (es) f, iniquidad (es) f, infamia (es) f

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Translations to be checked‌: "sin, obduration; doing wrong"

German: (please verify) Fehlverhalten (de) n

Verb

wrongdoing

1. present participle and gerund of wrongdo