misdeed

He was stern and severe to his enemies, and avenged cruelly all opposition or misdeed.

She longed for solitude in which to face the full enormity of her misdeed, and to plan an immediate reformation.

That his misdeed was allowed to pass unpunished and uncensured, may have encouraged others to follow his and Lucrezia's example.

She howled with fright, thinking it a judgment on her for her misdeed, and went in tears to tell her mother.