feasance
[ fee-zuhns ]
nounLaw.
the doing or performing of an act, as of a condition or duty.
Origin of feasance
11530–40; <Anglo-French fesa(u)nce,Old French faisance, equivalent to fais- (variant stem of faire ≪ Latin facere to do) + -ance-ance
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How to use feasance in a sentence
There is one infallible way to put an end to all this, and the easiest in the world, which consists merely in a non-feasance.
The Vagrancy Problem. | William Harbutt DawsonThe distresses most frequently made are on account of rent and taxes and damage-feasance.
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