perpetration
perpetration
nounDefinition of PERPETRATION
the doing of an action <the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Related Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance
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