nonfeasance
[non-fee-zuh ns]
noun Law.
the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.Compare malfeasance, misfeasance(def 2).
RELATED WORDS
omission, bomb, downfall, deficiency, dereliction, wreck, bankruptcy, turkey, decline, lemon, botch, stoppage, rout, misadventure, inadequacy, bust, flop, deficit, checkmate, overthrow
Nearby words
- nonexportation,
- nonfamilial hyperlipoproteinemia,
- nonfat,
- nonfatal,
- nonfattening,
- nonfenestrated forceps,
- nonferrous,
- nonfiction,
- nonfiction novel,
- nonfinite
Origin of nonfeasance
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It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.More important was the nonfeasance of the Inquisition with respect to simony.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III|Henry Charles Lea
nonfeasance
noun
Word Origin for nonfeasance
C16: from non- + feasance (obsolete) performing or doing, from French faisance, from faire to do, from Latin facere
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nonfeasance
also non-feasance, "failure to do what should be done," 1590s, from non- + feasance.
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