wrongdoing

UK/ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/US/ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,592 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: wrongdoings

Wrongdoing is behaviour that breaks the law or moral rules. Deny any wrongdoing, evidence of wrongdoing, serious wrongdoing.

Denies any wrongdoing is the standard formula in a statement and is carefully chosen, since it denies the wrong rather than the act. It is a mass noun and covers everything from a technical breach to a crime without saying which.

Definitions of wrongdoing

1nounwrongdoingBehaviour that breaks the law or moral rules.B2+
“The investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing by the club's staff.”

wrongdoing is a behaviour.

Where it comes from

Wrong plus doing, in Middle English. Wrong comes from a Norse word meaning twisted or crooked.

Middle English
wrong doyng
English, today
wrongdoing

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

wrongdoing in the wild

Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing.
Innocence
Alexander Paunov went on to admit that the conversation took place, but denied any wrongdoing.
Communist Party of Bulgaria
A civil penalty or civil fine is a financial penalty imposed by a government agency as restitution for wrongdoing.
Civil penalty
Such offences are used to deter potential offenders from dangerous behaviour rather than to impose punishment for moral wrongdoing.
Regulatory offence
Atonement is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part.
Atonement (disambiguation)

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