Definition for Misfeasance:

• mis-f[= e]z'ans, n. ( law) a wrong done, as distinguished from Nonfeasance, which means a mere omission: the doing of a lawful act in a wrongful manner, as distinguished from Malfeasance, which means the doing of an act which is positively unlawful.-- ns. MISFEAS'ANT, MISFEAS'OR, one who commits a misfeasance. [ O. Fr., mes-, wrong, faisance-- faire-- L. fac[) e]re, to do.]

Synonyms for Misfeasance:

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • felony,
  • misdemeanor,
  • rape,
  • deadly sin,
  • falsity,
  • crime,
  • injustice,
  • breach,
  • trespass,
  • befoulment,
  • misdeed,
  • mistake,
  • mismanagement,
  • tort,
  • mortal sin,
  • Maladministration,
  • transgression,
  • profanation,
  • heresy,
  • failure,
  • genocide,
  • illusion,
  • defalcation,
  • violation,
  • hamartia,
  • nonfeasance,
  • untrueness,
  • misprision of treason,
  • delusion,
  • evildoing,
  • infringement,
  • trip,
  • criminality,
  • omission,
  • heterodoxy,
  • atrocity,
  • sin of omission,
  • neglect,
  • flaw,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • viciousness,
  • erroneousness,
  • misdemeanour,
  • offense,
  • misappropriation,
  • lapse,
  • Misguidance,
  • Impolicy,
  • peculation,
  • errancy,
  • dereliction,
  • misapplication,
  • malversation,
  • misrule,
  • falseness,
  • misuse,
  • desecration,
  • feloniousness,
  • slip,
  • conversion,
  • Fouling,
  • defilement,
  • embezzlement,
  • fault,
  • Malefaction,
  • evil,
  • vice,
  • error,
  • malfeasance,
  • enormity,
  • debasement,
  • minor wrong,
  • aberration,
  • negligence,
  • inequity,
  • perversion,
  • wrongness,
  • venial sin,
  • infraction,
  • crime against humanity,
  • petticoat government,
  • blunder,
  • deviancy,
  • Misdoing,
  • Misprision,
  • inexpedience,
  • fallacy,
  • unutterable sin,
  • untruthfulness,
  • iniquity,
  • Misemployment,
  • Malum,
  • prostitution,
  • distortion,
  • mishandling,
  • faultiness,
  • deviation,
  • misdirection,
  • malpractice,
  • lawbreaking,
  • indiscretion,
  • inexpediency,
  • wrong,
  • diversion,
  • misinterpretation,
  • misconstruction,
  • impropriety,
  • Pilfering,
  • pollution,
  • injury,
  • unorthodoxy,
  • fallaciousness,
  • outrage,
  • offence,
  • defectiveness,
  • peccadillo,
  • contravention,
  • aberrancy,
  • misgovernment,
  • delinquency,
  • sin,
  • Peccancy,
  • misbehavior,
  • Misjudgment,
  • Misusage,
  • untruth,
  • abuse,
  • sinfulness.

Paraphrases for Misfeasance:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misconduct, malpractice.

Homophones for Misfeasance:

• monkey business, mischievousness.

Hyponym for Misfeasance:

• n.

  • act
    wrongdoing, misconduct, actus reus, wrongful conduct.