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, sin, transgression, trespass, violation, offenseWords 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, fallNear Antonyms of wrongdoing blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousnessAntonyms of wrongdoing noncrime

2 improper or illegal behavior the police officer was found to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing Synonyms of wrongdoing malfeasance, misbehavior, misdoing, misconductWords Related to wrongdoing crime, malefaction, misdeed, misdemeanor, sin, transgression, trespass, wrong; malpractice; goings-on, hanky-panky; familiarity, gaffe, impropriety, indiscretion; blunder, error, fault, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slipup, stumble