Meaning of NONFEASANCE

Pronunciation:			nân'feezuns
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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
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	See Also:		dereliction
Legal Dictionary
	Definition:		Nonperformance of an act which should be performed; omission to perform a required duty or total neglect of duty.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		atrocity, bad policy, breach, crime, crime against humanity, culpa, culpable negligence, deadly sin, default, delinquency, dereliction, disconformity, disregard, endless task, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault, felony, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, impolicy, impropriety, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, indiscretion, inexecution, inexpedience, inexpediency, inexpiable sin, iniquity, injury, injustice, inobservance, laches, laissez-faire, lapse, laxity, laxness, loose ends, looseness, maladministration, malefaction, malfeasance, malpractice, malum, minor wrong, misadministration, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdirection, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, mortal sin, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nonadherence, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonconsummation, nondischarging, nonexecution, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, offense, omission, outrage, overlooking, oversight, peccadillo, peccancy, permissiveness, poor stewardship, procrastination, remissness, rough edges, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, Sisyphean labor, slackness, slight, slip, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, unfulfillment, unobservance, unrigorousness, unutterable sin, venial sin, work of Penelope, wrong, wrongdoing