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noun
The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: delict, misdemeanor, tort, transgression, crime, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdoing, offense, peccadillo, sin, tortfeasance, veniality, villainy, wrong, wrongdoing
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Anglo-Norman tortfesance, from Old French tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesance (“act, action, deed”).
