Meaning of MISDEED
| Pronunciation: | | mis'deed
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| | Definition: | | [n] improper or wicked or immoral behavior |
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| | Synonyms: | | misbehavior, misbehaviour |
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| | See Also: | | abnormality, actus reus, delinquency, devilment, devilry, deviltry, familiarity, impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion, infantilism, irregularity, juvenile delinquency, liberty, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, misconduct, peccadillo, rascality, roguery, roguishness, ruffianism, shenanigan, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mis*deed"\, n. [AS. misd?d. See {Deed}, n.]
An evil deed; a wicked action.
Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. --Milton.
Syn: Misconduct; misdemeanor; fault; offense; trespass;
transgression; crime.
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| | Related Terms: | | atrocity, breach, crime, crime against humanity, deadly sin, delinquency, dereliction, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault, felony, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, impropriety, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, iniquity, injury, injustice, lapse, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misconduct, misdeeds, misdemeanor, misdoing, misfeasance, mortal sin, nonfeasance, offense, omission, outrage, peccadillo, peccancy, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, unutterable sin, venial sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
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