wrongdoing
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
wrongdoing
- /ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English wrong doyng, wrong doynge, wrong doinge, equivalent to wrong + doing.
noun wrongdoings · wrong-doing
-
Violation of standards of behavior.
A Chinese proverb goes, "He who commits wrongdoing repeatedly will come to no good end."
Similar: baseness, degeneracy, wickedness, corruption, defilement, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity
-
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 realized their wrongdoings and repented.
Similar: misdeed, misdoing, sin, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdemeanor, offense, peccadillo, tort
verb wrong-doing
- present participle and gerund of wrongdo
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: misconduct, error, malfeasance, wrong-doing, wrongfulness, misdemeanour, abuse, misbehaviour, sin, malfunctioning, malfunction, defect, mistake, iniquity, fault, lawlessness
Translations
Every language
noun violation of standards
| Español | fechoría, maldad, ilícito |
|---|---|
| Português | malfeitoria, transgressão |
| Français | malfaisance |
| Deutsch | Fehlverhalten |
| Italiano | illecito, violazione |
| Ελληνικά | παράπτωμα paráptoma, αμάρτημα amártima |
| Русский | правонаруше́ние pravonarušénije |
noun instance of doing wrong
| Español | maldad, iniquidad, infamia |
|---|---|
| Português | malfeitoria, malfeito, maldade |
| Français | malfaisance, méfait |
| Italiano | malefatta, iniquità, ingiustizia, malcostume |
| Ελληνικά | αδίκημα adíkima |
| Русский | просту́пок prostúpok |
Talk about this word "wrongdoing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wrongdoing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wrongdoing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wrongdoing "wrongdoing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wrongdoing.Cite this
@misc{wrongdoing_2026,
title = {wrongdoing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wrongdoing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
