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wrongdoing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wrongdoing

1 a breaking of a moral or legal code

a local newspaper exposed the contractor's elaborate attempts to cover up his wrongdoings

Synonyms of wrongdoing

breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), sin, transgression, trespass, violation

Words Related to wrongdoing

bias crime, hate crime

felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance

fault, foible, peccadillo

break, infringement

immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness

corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness

abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness

descent, downfall, fall

Near Antonyms of wrongdoing

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness

Antonyms of wrongdoing

2 improper or illegal behavior

the police officer was found to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing

Synonyms of wrongdoing

malfeasance, misbehavior, misconduct, misdoing

Words Related to wrongdoing

crime, malefaction, misdeed, misdemeanor, sin, transgression, trespass, wrong

goings-on, hanky-panky

familiarity, gaffe, impropriety, indiscretion

blunder, error, fault, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slipup, stumble

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