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- [rawng-doo-ing, -doo-, rong-]
- /ˈrɔŋˌdu ɪŋ, -ˈdu-, ˈrɒŋ-/
- /ˈrɒŋˌduː.ɪŋ/
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- [rawng-doo-ing, -doo-, rong-]
- /ˈrɔŋˌdu ɪŋ, -ˈdu-, ˈrɒŋ-/
Definitions of wrongdoing word
- noun wrongdoing behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy. 1
- noun wrongdoing an act that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy; misdeed; sin. 1
- noun wrongdoing Illegal or dishonest behavior. 1
- noun wrongdoing criminal behaviour 1
- noun wrongdoing morally wrong act 1
- variable noun wrongdoing Wrongdoing is behaviour that is illegal or immoral. 0
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Origin of wrongdoing
First appearance:
before 1470 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1470-80; wrong + doing
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Wrongdoing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wrongdoing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for wrongdoing
noun wrongdoing
- crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
- offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
Antonyms for wrongdoing
noun wrongdoing
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
- obedience — the state or quality of being obedient.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- goodness — the state or quality of being good.
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