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MISFEASANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misfeasance mean?
• MISFEASANCE (noun)
The noun MISFEASANCE has 1 sense:
1. doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
Familiarity information: MISFEASANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("misfeasance" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
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