wrongdoing

Violation of standards of behavior.

Noun

Violation of standards of behavior.
- A Chinese proverb goes, "He who commits wrongdoing repeatedly will come to no good end."
Synonyms: baseness degeneracy wickedness corruption defilement degradation depravation depravedness depravity impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability perversion pollution pravity sin sinfulness turpitude vitiation
An instance of doing wrong.
- I said that some ancient stories suggested that those who were unrighteous or who had committed wrongdoings were more susceptible to plagues or disasters. And sometimes plagues just miraculously disappeared after people...
Synonyms: misdeed misdoing sin crime delict delinquency error malfeasance misdemeanor offense peccadillo tort tortfeasance transgression veniality wrong wrongdoing

From Middle English wrong doyng, wrong doynge, wrong doinge, equivalent to wrong + doing.